Topic |
Description |
Papers |
| Alternative
Transportation
Fuels |
This research examines environmental and economic performance of alternative transportation fuels including bio-fuels. PI: Satish Joshi and others |
Yes
|
| Biotechnology and Environment |
The Elton R. Smith Endowment helps fund research on aspects of biotechnology and the environment; PI: Sandra Batie and others |
Yes
|
| Corporate Environmental Management |
The Elton R. Smith Endowment has funded conferences and research on corporate environmental management and business-led environmental initiatives, PI: Sandra Batie and others |
Yes
|
| Ecolabeling |
This research examines the potential of ecolabeling to create incentives for voluntary environmental improvement. PI: Eileen O. van Ravenswaay; Funded by: USDA Economic Research Service. |
Yes
|
| Environmental
Accounting |
This research focuses on identification, measurement and management of environmental costs in business, and implications for corporate strategy. PI: Satish Joshi and others |
Yes
|
| Environmental
Policies in
Agriculture |
This is a series of projects examining environmental policies in agriculture. PI: Scott Swinton and others |
Yes
|
| Exotic Species
Damage
Assessment |
This project estimated the benefits to recreational anglers of alternative levels sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes. PIs: Lupi & Hoehn |
Yes
|
| Land Use |
Several research projects address land use in Michigan and beyond. One project is aimed at understanding the demand for and benefits of farmland preservation. A similar project addresses the dependence of Michigan’s agribusinesses and food industry on agricultural production in Michigan. Researchers also are interested in implications of alternative property tax policies for land use decisions. There is also an active Extension program in land use. PI: |
Yes |
| Life Cycle
Assessment |
This research develops methods and software tools for conducting life cycle assessment (LCA) of products and processnes. PI: Satish Joshi and others |
Yes
|
| Management and Conservation of Renewable
Resources |
This research investigates the economic issues associated with managing renewable resources (e.g., whales, fish, and elephants), considering both economically optimal management strategies as well as the incentives for harvesting when property rights are ill-defined. PIs: Rick Horan and others |
Yes
|
| Management of
Nuisance Species |
This research investigates economic strategies for controlling the introduction of nuisance species into non-native habitats, as well as approaches for controlling existing populations of nuisance species and also multi-use species (i.e., species that have attributes of both a resource and a nuisance). PIs: Rick Horan nd others |
Yes
|
| Natural Resource Management in Developing
Countries |
Sustainable management of agricultural natural resources such as soils, water, grazing land and forests is the focus of several research projects in Africa and Latin America. PIs: Scott Swinton and others |
Yes
|
| Pesticide Policies |
A series of projects examining more environmentally friendly pest control in agriculture. PIs: Scott Swinton, Eileen van Ravenswaay, Sandra Batie, and others |
Yes
|
| Population Settlement Alternatives |
The way we distribute population over the landscape effects the environment and the cost to supply public services. PI: Al Schmid |
Yes
|
| Recreational
Fishing
Valuation |
Descriptions of a series of projects related to the valuation and demand for recreational fishing can be found here. PIs: Lupi, Hoehn, and others. |
Yes
|
| Watershed
Ecosystem Services |
This research project is part of the Muskegon Watershed Partnership, a multi-university research program designed to provide local stakeholders with the scientific information needed to make wise investments in protecting and restoring ecosystem services within the watershed. PIs: Eileen van Ravenswaay, Frank Lupi, Satish Joshi, John Hoehn, Patricia Norris, Larry Leefers, Rick Horan, Michael Kaplowitz, Sandra Batie. |
|
| Water Quality/
Nonpoint Source Pollution |
This research investigates the design and economic performance of policy instruments for controlling nonpoint sources of water pollution, with particular attention to agricultural sources. PIs: Horan and others |
Yes
|
| Wildlife Resources |
Several interdisciplinary projects relate to the management of wildlife resources including white-tailed deer. PIs: Lupi and others. |
Yes
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