Population and upland crop production in Nang Rong, Thailand

B Entwisle; Stephen J Walsh; R R Rindfuss; L K Vanwey

doi:10.1007/s11111-005-0007-9

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Population and upland crop production in Nang Rong, Thailand

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Population and upland crop production in Nang Rong, Thailand

B Entwisle, Stephen J Walsh, R R Rindfuss and L K Vanwey

Population and Environment, Vol.26(6), pp.449-470

2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-005-0007-9

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Environmental Sciences

Studies in Human Society

Economics

Land use

agricultural extensification

households

spatial regression

This paper estimates village-level models of the effects of population variables on the area devoted to upland crop production in Nang Rong district, Thailand. The expansion of upland crops is part of the growth of market agriculture in Nang Rong, and a correlate of deforestation in this setting, The results show that population density (measured as density of village settlement) negatively affects area in upland crops while population growth has a positive effect. Changes in land use associated with population change appear to radiate outward from nuclear village centers. As cash economies are established in rural settings, household formation requires a source of income as well as a subsistence stake. Growth in the population of households is a stronger predictor of the area in upland crops than growth in the number of persons.

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Title: Population and upland crop production in Nang Rong, Thailand
Authors: B Entwisle (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Stephen J Walsh (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
R R Rindfuss (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
L K Vanwey (Author) - Indiana University, United States
Publication details: Population and Environment, Vol.26(6), pp.449-470
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-005-0007-9
ISSN: 0199-0039
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449573902621
Output Type: Journal article

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