10.2190/EGV6-Q2PU-J7HG-AQ1B EGV6Q2PUJ7HGAQ1B 1 Regional Interindustry-Environmental Multipliers based on the 1972 National Model Format 93 113 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 EGV6Q2PUJ7HGAQ1B.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=EGV6Q2PUJ7HGAQ1B 2 Thomas R. Harris Chauncey T. K. Ching Division of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Nevada, Reno Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Hawaii, Manoa Public decision makers are faced with the dilemma of initiating regional economic growth while simultaneously conserving the region's natural resources and environment. In order to derive trade-offs between economic progress and environmental quality, an interindustry-environmental model is used. This study shows the derivation of an interindustry-environmental model based on the 1972 national input-output model format. Also the procedures to construct a regional interindustry model through the non-survey technique of location quotients are presented. From the regional interindustry model, an interindustry-environmental model of northcentral Nevada was developed to show the effects on regional water use and particulate emissions from the expansion of a particular commodity sector in the region. Interpretations of results from the interindustry-environmental model which are of interest to public policy makers are discussed. N. L. Bills and A. L. Barr, <i>An Input-Output Analysis of the Upper South Branch Valley of West Virginia</i>, West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 568T, 1968. D. W. Bromley, G. E. Blanche, and H. H. Stoevner, <i>Effects of Selected Changes in Federal Land Use on a Rural Economy</i>, Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 604, 1968. J. E. Osborn, H. W. Grubb, and T. R. Harris, <i>An Input-Output Model Analysis of Texas High Plains Labor Employment Potentials to 1980</i>, Office of the Governor, Office of Information Services, Technical Report T-1-116, 1973. W. Leontief, Environmental Repercussions and the Economic Structure: An Input-Output Approach, <i>The Review of Economics and Statistics, 52</i>, pp. 262-271, 1970. W. Isard, C. L. Choguill, J. Kissin, R. H. Seyfarth, and R. Tatlock, <i>Ecologic-Economic Analysis for Regional Development</i>, The Free Press, New York, 1972. J. H. Cumberland and R. J. Korbach, A Regional Interindustry Environmental Model, <i>Regional Science Association Papers, XVI</i>, pp. 61-75, 1966. J. C. Hite and E. A. Laurent, Empirical Study of Economic-Ecological Linkages in a Coastal Area, <i>Water Resources Research, VII</i>, pp. 1070-1078, 1971. T. R. Harris and C. T. K. Ching, Economic Resource Multipliers for Regional Impact Analysis, <i>Water Resources Bulletin, 19</i>:2, pp. 205-210, 1983. G. Mustafa and L. Jones, <i>Regional Input-Output Models Using Location Quotients</i>, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University, Agricultural Economics Program and Model Documentation, 71-4, 1971. P. M. Ritz, <i>Definitions and Conventions of the 1972 Input-Output Study</i>, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., 1980. D. DiPietre, R. Walker, and D. Martella, Developing Regional Input-Output Models from the U. N. Format Adopted by the U. S. in the New 1972 Input-Output Model, <i>Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 12</i>:1, pp. 143-149, 1980. W. Schaffer and K. Chu, Non-Survey Techniques for Constructing Regional Interindustry Models, <i>Papers of the Regional Science Association, 23</i>, pp. 83-101, 1969. S. Czamanski and E. Malizia, Applicability and Limitations in the Use of National Input-Output Tables for Regional Studies, <i>Papers of the Regional Science Association, 23</i>, pp. 65-77, 1969. C. T. K. Ching, Water Multipliers — Regional Impact Analysis, <i>Water Resources Bulletin, 17</i>:3, pp. 454-457, 1981. T. R. Harris and B. S. Pierce, <i>Derivation and Applications of an Interindustry Resource Model for Humboldt and Lander Counties</i>, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, Mimeo Series M. S.-147, 1981. M. Uwaknoye, Estimation of Water Multipliers for the Humboldt and Lander Counties, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, Professional Paper, 1979. Division of Environmental Protection, unpublished data, State of Nevada, Carson City, Nevada, 1982.