Research Interests: Land cover change, GIS, remote sensing, economic geography, Latin America.
Current Research
- Two current works. The first one examines the effects of wildfire in rural landscapes and how perceived wildfire risks shape agricultural land management and landowner decisions to engage in conservation programs and practices. Studying the interactions between wildfires, rural conservation efforts, and responses of farmers and landowners provides a critical foundation for understanding how environmental changes and extreme events may influence conservation activities. Knowledge about the relationships between wildfires and conservation land management practices will help both policy-makers and landowners make informed decisions about conservation programs. The second work seeks to develop a model to predict winter wheat yield at parcel level in Kansas.
My conceptual framework is derived from an economic and social perspective that considers the behavioral attitudes of agents, and implications for the environment.
