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SEMINAR: Disentangling Values for the Methods and Outcomes of Coastal Hazard Adaptation

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Disentangling Values for the Methods and Outcomes of Coastal Hazard Adaptation : Henry Schapper Fellow lecture Other events...
Coastal states and communities must increasingly adapt to the hazards of a variable and changing climate, including sea level rise and an increased incidence of coastal storms and flooding. Natural (or green) infrastructure is often promoted as a means to enhance resilience while providing additional ecosystem services such as storm water management. Yet coastal adaptation decisions are often made with minimal information on the benefits, costs and tradeoffs associated with different types of natural hazards or the use of green versus engineered infrastructure. Reconciling these tradeoffs requires approaches that can identify and disentangle social welfare effects related both to the outcomes of coastal adaptation (e.g., what is protected) and the methods through which these outcomes are achieved (e.g., how protection occurs). This paper illustrates paired theoretical and empirical models designed to disentangle willingness to pay (WTP) for the methods and outcomes of coastal adaptation, with particular emphasis on biophysical tradeoffs and implications for social welfare. Discussion highlights implications for both on-the-ground coastal adaptation and the relevance of economic analysis.

Dr. Johnston’s research addresses methodology for nonmarket valuation, benefit cost analysis, benefit transfer, and analysis of ecosystem services, with an emphasis on aquatic, riparian and coastal systems. His work coordinates methods and data from environmental economics with those of ecological and other biophysical sciences, seeking to identify feasible policy and management actions that best sustain ecosystem services and attendant social welfare. Beyond his grant-funded research, Dr. Johnston serves on the US EPA Science Advisory Board, the Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group of the NOAA Scientific Advisory Board, the Management Committee and Science Advisory Board of the Narragansett Bay National Estuary Program, the Senior Advisory Board of the Connecticut Sea Grant Program, and the Program Committee for the Charles Darwin Foundation.
Speaker(s) Professor Robert Johnston, Department of Economics and The George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University
Location Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G.013), The University of Western Australia
Contact Louise Blackmore <[email protected]>
Start Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:30
End Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:00
Submitted by Fiona Gibson <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:13
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