Publication Code: Y90B

Contents

List of Table 
List of Figures 
Acknowledgements

 
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Research Questions
2. Research Methodology
3. Plan of Study

 
Chapter 2: Changing Economic Structure and Land Use Patterns: A Historical Analysis
1. Economic Evolution Hypothesis
2. Profile of the Changing Thai Economy

2.1 Changes Within the Agricultural Sector

2.2 Changes Within the Overall Economy 
3. Land Use Profile

3.1 The Vanishing Forest

3.2 Agricultural Land Use Pattern

3.3 Farm Holding and Cultivated Land 
4. Structural Changes and Land Use Patterns
5. Forest Policies
6. Summary

 
Chapter 3: Agricultural Land Demand Modeling, Forecasting and Policy Stimulations the Mineral Industry
1. The Modeling Concepts

1.1 The Indirect Approach to the Forest Management Problem

1.2 Advantages of Model Construction
2. Agricultural Land Demand Model
3. The Estimation
4. The Projection
5. Selected Policy Simulations
6. Summary

 
Chapter 4: Managing Encroachment: Unused Land, Deforestation, and Productivity
1. Unused Land and Forest Encroachment
2. Agriculture and Forestry

2.1 Production Function with Deforestation Factor

2.2 Net Gain (Loss) of Deforestation

2.3 Accumulated Effects of Deforestation
3. Deforestation and Productivity
4. Summary

 
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
1. Major Findings
2. Policy Recommendations

 
Appendix A: Estimation Results
Appendix B: Distribution of Deforested Land
Appendix C: Cumulative Deforestation Effects
References