Robert Richardson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies (CARRS), and an affiliate faculty member with MSU’s Center for Advanced Study of International Development, the African Studies Center, and the Environmental Science and Policy Program. His work has focused on sustainable development, natural-resource based tourism, and the economic impacts of climate change. He uses non-market valuation techniques to measure the economic value of natural resources. He has worked in West Africa, Australia, and Central America, and he is now involved in the study of natural resource uses and sustainable tourism development in Zambia as part of the Food Security Research Project (FSRP).
Professional Interests
- economic analysis of nature-based tourism and recreation
- economic relationships between tourism and rural households
- measurement of economic impacts of climate change
- non-market valuation of natural resources and environmental amenities
- sustainable development
Selected Publications
Richardson, R. B. and J. B. Loomis (2004). “Adaptive Recreation Planning and Climate Change: A Contingent Visitation Approach,” Ecological Economics 50(1): 83-99.
Richardson, R. B. and J. B. Loomis (2005). “Climate Change and Recreation Benefits in an Alpine National Park,” Journal of Leisure Research 37(3): 307-20.
Gossling, S., P. Peeters, J.-P. Ceron, G. Dubois, T. Patterson, and R. Richardson (2005). “The Eco-Efficiency of Tourism,” Ecological Economics 54: 417-434.
Richardson, R. B. and J. B. Loomis (2005). Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas. In Tourism, Recreation, and Climate Change, C. M. Hall and J. E. Higham, eds., Clevedon, U.K.: Channel View Press.
Richardson, R. B., J. Loomis, and S. Weiler (2007). “Recreation as a Spatial Good: Distance Effects on Changes in Recreation Visitation and Benefits,” Review of Regional Studies 36(3).
Richardson, R. B. (2007). “A Contingent Behavior Analysis of the Effects of Climate Change on National Park Visitation,” In Frontiers in Environmental Valuation and Policy, J. Erickson and J. Gowdy, eds., Brookfield, U.S.: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Funded Research Projects:
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Zambia (USAID, SIDA)
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