Abstract
Abstract A methodology incorporating an integrated basic-needs approach has been introduced to determine the population-supporting capacity (PSC) of a forest-dependent region. The linear programming technique was employed to model six different scenarios. Each model is a mathematical representation of the many physical, biological, ecological, socio-economic, administrative and political constraints of what constitutes a realistically attainable and improved future version of the present hill farming system. The population specified by PSC represents the maximum number of people which can be sustained in perpetuity without degrading the environment or depleting the resource base – given some acceptable and desired levels of welfare and environmental quality.In these impoverished rural areas, any definition of improved welfare must necessarily mean the provision of increased supplies of the basic material needs of the population. The determination of PSC allows the quantification of many hitherto unsolved ...
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