Assessing who gains and who loses from natural resource policy: Distributional information and the public participation process

Recent legislation mandates an increased role for public participation in natural resource policy making. This paper presents an operational way to provide those impacted with relevant information and to enable public officials to assess public reaction to proposed policies. The methodology transfor...

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Published inResources policy Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 282 - 291
Main Authors Rose, Adam, Stevens, Brandt, Davis, Gregg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1989
Elsevier
SeriesResources Policy
Subjects
Citizen participation
decision making
economic impact
Environmental policy
land policy
land resources
national forests
Natural resources
public ownership
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
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Summary:Recent legislation mandates an increased role for public participation in natural resource policy making. This paper presents an operational way to provide those impacted with relevant information and to enable public officials to assess public reaction to proposed policies. The methodology transforms results obtained from a multisector model of income formation and distribution into positive economic measures of distributional impacts. The usefulness of the methodology is illustrated in the context of a policy to increase coal surface mining on public lands.
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ISSN:0301-4207
1873-7641
DOI:10.1016/0301-4207(89)90001-9