hi William
i have had some involvement with forestry modelling that
you may find useful.
i did my PhD research at the University of Bradford
Management Centre with Prof Geoff Coyle in the early
80s and the following were produced :
Cavana, R.Y. 1983. Managing the Plantation Forests in
New Zealand: a system dynamics study in the design of
robust policies... Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. University of
Bradford, England. 400pp
Cavana, R.Y. and R.G. Coyle. 1984. A Policy Analysis
Model for New Zealands Plantation Forestry System.
N.Z. Journal of Forestry. 29(1). pp24-50
Geoff Coyle refers to this work in his recent book (in
Chapter 10, pp 309-314). Also a full listing of the
model(s) are provided on the computer disk with his
book:
R.G.Coyle (1996). System Dynamics Modelling: a
practical approach. Chapman Hall, London
we found the earlier work by Jorgen Randers et al
(1979) and Steven Boyce (1977, 1979, 1980) very
helpful for our research:
Randers, J., L.Stenberg & K.Kalgraf (1979) The forest
sector in transition, Resource Policy Group, Oslo,
Norway (GRS 93E3)
Boyce, S.G (1977) Management of Eastern Hardwood
forests for multiple benefits (DYNAST - MB). USDA
Forest Service, Southeast, For.Exp.Stn,
Asheville, NC, USA (USDA For serv res papers, SE -
168 (in 1977) , SE-184 (in 1978), SE - 204 (in 1980)
i hope these sources are useful. please contact me if i
can be of further assistance.
i look forward to meeting you at the forthcoming
International System Dynamics Conference to be held in
Wellington, New Zealand on 20--23 July 1999.
please see our web site for full details:
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/gsbgm/isdc99
i would be delighted to meet you and your colleagues at
the conference and discuss our work with forestry SD
modelling with you
regards, Bob
Bob Cavana
From: "Bob Cavana" <
Bob.Cavana@vuw.ac.nz>
Conference Chair, ISDC99