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Recreation, Tourism, and Rural Well-Being
Reeder, Richard J.; Brown, Dennis M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005
The promotion of recreation and tourism has been both praised and criticized as a rural development strategy. This … study uses regression analysis to assess the effect of recreation and tourism development on socioeconomic conditions in … rural recreation counties. The findings imply that recreation and tourism development contributes to rural well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005220453
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Rural America At A Glance, 2007 Edition
Kusmin, Lorin D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519034
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Farm-Based Recreation: A Statistical Profile
Brown, Dennis M.; Reeder, Richard J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007
Farm-based recreation provides an important niche market for farmers, but limited empirical information is available on … Survey on Recreation and the Environment, provided researchers with a deeper understanding of who operates farm …-based recreation enterprises, such as hunting and fishing operations, horseback riding businesses, on-farm rodeos, and petting zoos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474549
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Use of Multiple Regression Analysis to Summarize and Interpret Linear Programming Shadow Prices in an Economic Planning Model
Williams, Daniel G. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882604
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Input-Output Analysis Applied to Rural Resource Development Planning
Jones Jr., Clifford D. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1978
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908946
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Joint Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment in Rural Communities: Simulation Analysis with Poultry Processing Plants
Rossi, Daniel; Young, C. Edwin; Epp, Donald J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010922248
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Economic Planning for Multicounty Rural Areas: Application of a Linear Programming Model in Northwest Arkansas
Williams, Daniel G. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1981
A linear programming economic development model can help regional planners influence the most desirable type of growth for rural areas. Optimal resource use, investment, and industry mix for manufacturing, services. government. and agriculture are reviewed for nine regional macroeconomic goals,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010922623
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Factors Associated with Rural Economic Growth: Lessons from the 1980's
Kusmin, Lorin D.; Redman, John M.; Sears, David W. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1996
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Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
Canning, Patrick N.; Charles, Ainsley; Huang, Sonja; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010
Energy is an important input in growing, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, preparing, serving, and disposing of food. Analysis using the two most recent U.S. benchmark input-output accounts and a national energy data system shows that in the United States, use of energy along the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518942
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Rural America At A Glance, 2005
Hamrick, Karen S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005
Rural America At A Glance, 2005 is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure is the fourth in a series of reports that uses current social and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519024