Jurnal Ekonomi, Bisnis dan Kewirausahaan (JEBIK)
Vol 10, No 1 (2021): Jurnal Ekonomi Bisnis dan Kewirausahaan (JEBIK)

DOES ALTITUDE AND FOREST DENSITY AFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH? A CASE STUDY OF KALIMANTAN BARAT

Islahiyah, Djihan (Unknown)
Vikki, Vikki (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Apr 2021

Abstract

Kalimantan Barat is one of the individual provinces in Kalimantan due to its diverse geographical elevation among all districts. Mountains and hills dominate the districts near the border; lowlands and river banks dominate the urban areas. A geographical indication is a barrier to economic growth, as a simple growth from limited transportation. Efforts to optimize the economic sector are also carried out in forest management, including Kalimantan Barat as one of the world's lungs. The conversion of forest land functions is suspected to increase economic growth even though it must balance nature. This study aims to determine the significance of altitude as a fixed geographical indicator and forest density as a natural condition that can vary according to human activities. The height of area data and forest density, and the average economic growth in 14 districts/cities in Kalimantan Barat uses the Panel Least Square method. As a result, area height has a negative and significant effect on economic growth, whereas forest density has no such relationship. Simultaneously, both variable is having a substantial impact on economic growth in Kalimantan Barat.

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Journal Info

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JJ

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Ekonomi, Bisnis dan Kewirausahaan (JEBIK) or Journal of Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship is a national, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal, which is published by Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Tanjungpura. As a medium of communication for academics, ...