A5075242969- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest Management and Policy
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Housing Market and Economics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest ecology and management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Water resources management and optimization
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
University of California, Santa Barbara
2016-2025
SIL International
2019
National Bureau of Economic Research
2007-2019
Public Policy Institute of California
2019
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
2018
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger
2018
Oregon State University
2004-2014
United States Department of Agriculture
2014
Harvard University
2011
John F. Kennedy University
2011
Significance Land-use change affects the provision of ecosystem services and wildlife habitat. We project land-use from 2001 to 2051 for contiguous United States under two scenarios reflecting continuation 1990s trends high crop demand more reflective recent past. These result in large differences trajectories that generate increases carbon storage, timber production, food production increased yields (even with declines cropland area), >10% decreases habitat one-quarter modeled species....
Abstract The Kyoto Protocol and the U.S. Climate Change Plan recognize afforestation as a potential means of reducing atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. To examine cost‐effectiveness afforestation, we use econometric land models to estimate marginal costs carbon sequestration in Maine, South Carolina, Wisconsin. Our findings include following: ( ) earlier studies programs tend underestimate costs, b still appears be relatively low‐cost approach concentrations, c Wisconsin offers lowest‐cost...
Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, other policy issues. We use an econometric model to identify factors driving land-use change in the United States between 1982 1997. quantify of net returns alternative land uses on private landowners' decisions allocate among six major uses, drawing detailed micro-data quality that are comprehensive contiguous States. This analysis provides first...
<i>We investigate the influence of future land development on current agricultural values. From a theoretical model markets, we derive reduced-form expression for values in terms observable variables. This result dictates specification our econometric and find strong support an application to New York State. The estimated model, together with spatial interpolation algorithm, is used generate surface rights Orange County. approach overcomes several problems that arise use standard appraisal...
ABSTRACT We empirically examine the relationship between obesity and urban development patterns where individuals reside. Previous analyses treat form as exogenous to weight, find higher body mass indices (BMI) among residents of areas with sprawl development. Using samples recent movers, we that causality runs in both directions. Individuals who move denser locations lose weight. As well, BMI is a determinant choice dense or sprawling location. In sum, while moving area results weight loss,...
<i>Habitat fragmentation is widely considered a primary threat to biodiversity. In this paper, we analyze incentive-based policies designed reduce forest in the coastal plain region of South Carolina. Our approach integrates an econometric model land use with simulations that predict spatial pattern land-use change. We how subsidies for afforestation affect distributions defined over metrics and derive marginal costs altering landscape patterns. find reducing vary greatly initial conditions...
Land-use change significantly contributes to biodiversity loss, invasive species spread, changes in biogeochemical cycles, and the loss of ecosystem services. Planning for a sustainable future requires thorough understanding expected land use at fine spatial scales relevant modeling many ecological processes dimensions appropriate regional or national-level policy making. Our goal was construct parameterize an econometric model land-use project year 2051 scale across conterminous United...
Significance Many ecosystem services are public goods available to everyone without charge, but the provision of these often depends on actions private landowners who may bear cost provide services. How design incentives when landscape pattern conservation and where have information about costs presents a difficult challenge. Here we apply results from auction theory payments scheme that achieves optimal with spatially dependent benefits asymmetric information. The mechanism works equally...
Abstract In this paper I consider the environmental quality gains that may be achieved by reducing agricultural income supports. A new methodology is developed to estimate land use shares. an application Wisconsin, milk price support reductions result in shifts of marginal forest, soil erosion and providing off‐site water improvements. The benefits are estimated at least as large decreased welfare burden on consumers taxpayers, indicating a central role for considerations motivating policy...
Abstract In this article, we develop land use models to study the impact of changes in decision variables on soil erosion or other environmental outcomes. From an underlying behavioral model, maximum entropy recover a parametric model county‐level shares as function such output prices, input costs, and quality. The statistical may be extended estimate subcounty incorporate data from federal surveys. We procedure analyze livestock inventories rates three Iowa counties.
Abstract Previous analyses of the timber rotation problem under price uncertainty find that owners can increase expected values their stands by using a reservation policy exploits stochastic variations in prices. This result is found when process governing prices stationary and with nonstationary there are fixed costs. paper highlights role option influencing optimal timing harvests. In this context, value premium over net present stand reflecting opportunity cost harvesting now foregoing to...
Freshwater ecosystems provide vital resources for humans and support high levels of biodiversity, yet are severely threatened throughout the world. The expansion human land uses, such as urban crop cover, typically degrades water quality reduces freshwater thereby jeopardizing both biodiversity ecosystem services. Identifying mitigating future threats to requires forecasting where use changes most likely. Our goal was evaluate potential consequences on in coterminous United States by...
Land-use change around protected areas can reduce their effective size and limit ability to conserve biodiversity because land-use alters ecological processes the of organisms move freely among areas. The goal our analysis was inform conservation planning efforts for a nationwide network lands by predicting future land use change. We evaluated relative effect three economic policy scenarios on surrounding U.S. Fish Wildlife Service's National Refuges. predicted changes classes (forest/range,...