Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
College or University: University of Rhode Island
Type of degree: B.S.
Brief overview of program: esource economists study interactions between economic and natural systems, with the goal of developing a sustainable and efficient economy. Our department focuses on issues related to the spectrum of natural resource and environmental management, with particular strengths in fisheries, the marine environment, associated coastal watersheds and terrestrial systems, and international trade.
Affiliations: International Inst. of Fisheries Econ. & Trade, American Agric. Econ. Asooc.
World Aquaculture Soc., Assoc. of Environmental and Resource Economists
Home Office: Marine Resource Economics
Website: Click here for program website
Tuition (2007):In State: $5,656, Out of State: $19,356
Description of Facilities: The program is housed on second and third floors of the Coastal Institute Building on URI's main campus. The facility houses one of the nation's few state-of-the-art experimental economics laboratory (The SimLab).
Program Faculty: Anderson, James, PhD- UC Davis- Fisheries, Aquaculture, Markets & Trade
Anderson, Chris, PhD CTech- Experimental markets, fisheries, wetlands
Gates, John, PhD UC Berkeley- Fisheries Mgt.
Griglunas, Tom, PhD UMD- Marine Pollution, Ports
Opaluch, James, PhD UC Berkeley- Marine pollution, invasive species
Roheim, Cathy, PhD Davis- Seafood Demand, Ecolabeling, Trade
Schnier, Kurt, PhD Arizona- Spatial Modelling, Fisheries Mgt., Marine reserves
Sutinen, Jon, PhD U Washington- Fisheries Mgt.
Swallow, Stephen, PhD Duke- Land Use, Wetlands, Ecosytem valuation
Uchida, Emi, PhD UC Davis- Land use, development, ecosystem valuation
Uchida, Hiro, PhD UC Davis- Fishery Mgt.
Program Point of Contact: Cathy Rohiem
Email: crw@uri.edu Department: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics Institution address: Kingston Coastal Institute 1 Greenhouse Rd
Kingston,RI 02881 Phone: 401-874-2471
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