Public Lands Policy and Economic Trends in Gateway Communities

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ID4074702
AutoresRick S Kurtz (Central Michigan University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume27
Fascículo1
Páginas77-88
Data de publicação2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2009.00428.x
OpenAlexW1987110251
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas22

From the mid-1960s through 1980, major policy changes were adopted as a result of federal and state public lands protection statutes. This article analyzes the impact these policy changes have had upon the economies of gateway communities, a subject of limited discussion in the scholarly literature. One conclusion is that gateway community economies have become less dependent on resources extraction. This analysis finds that several factors--beyond policy change--have influenced the shift away from resources extraction. Likewise, there is the question over what economic mainstays have stepped in to fill the resources extraction void? For many gateway communities, it appears that the answer has been recreational tourism. The implications of this economic shift within gateway communities are explored

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Political science · Public policy · Recreation · Statute · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Law · Public Administration · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management