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Ranjit Bawa

Assistant Professor
Phone: (603) 862-3918
Office: Rudman Hall, Durham, NH 03824
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My research focuses on the ecological and economic tradeoffs associated with land use change, with an emphasis on valuing ecosystem services and informing sustainable resource management. I apply methods from natural resource economics, integrating empirical analysis, geospatial techniques, and mathematical modeling to evaluate how environmental damages, such as those from climate change, wildfire, and land cover transitions, transfer across socio-ecological systems. My work spans forestry, agriculture, and water resource systems, and often draws from interdisciplinary collaborations, which I view as essential for advancing environmental policy.

Courses Taught

  • EREC 411: Envrnmntl&Res Econ Perspectves
  • NR 411: Envrnmntl&Res Econ Perspectves
  • NR 600: Work Experience
  • NR 602: Nat Resources&Envrnmtl Policy
  • NR 643: Economics of Forestry

Education

  • Ph.D., Forestry, University of Georgia

Research Interests

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Agroforestry
  • Forestry and Woodlands
  • Forest Economics
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
  • Environmental Valuation
  • Water Quality

Selected Publications

  • Seidler, R., & Bawa, R. (2023). :Reconciling Agricultural Production with Biodiversity Conservation. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, Number 87. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 98(3), 188-189. doi:10.1086/726505

  • Bawa, R., Colson, G., & Dwivedi, P. (2023). Monetary compensation for changing forest management practices to increase water availability in Georgia, United States. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064017. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acd019

  • Hochard, J., Abashidze, N., Bawa, R., Etheridge, R., Li, Y., Peralta, A., . . . Vogel, T. (2023). Air temperature spikes increase bacteria presence in drinking water wells downstream of hog lagoons.. Sci Total Environ, 867, 161426. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161426

  • Karnatz, C., Kadam, P., Hamilton, H., Smyth, R., Bawa, R., & Dwivedi, P. (2023). Impacts of Sustainable Forestry Initiative fiber sourcing on the forestry best management practices and biodiversity conservation in the SE United States. Trees, Forests and People, 11, 100349. doi:10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100349

  • Bawa, R., Dwivedi, P., Hoghooghi, N., Kalin, L., & Huang, Y. -K. (2023). Designing Watersheds for Integrated Development (DWID): Combining hydrological and economic modeling for optimizing land use change to meet water quality regulations. Water Resources and Economics, 41, 100209. doi:10.1016/j.wre.2022.100209

  • Hochard, J., Abashidze, N., Bawa, R., Carr, G., Kirkland, B., Li, Y., . . . Yan Siu, W. (2023). Predicting groundwater contamination to protect the storm-exposed vulnerable. Climate Risk Management, 40, 100499. doi:10.1016/j.crm.2023.100499

  • Huang, Y. -K., Bawa, R., Mullen, J., Hoghooghi, N., Kalin, L., & Dwivedi, P. (2022). Designing Watersheds for Integrated Development (DWID): A stochastic dynamic optimization approach for understanding expected land use changes to meet potential water quality regulations. Agricultural Water Management, 271, 107799. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107799

  • Huang, Y. -K., Bawa, R., Dwivedi, P., & Zhao, D. (2022). Stochastic Dynamic Optimization for Forest Rotation with Uncertain Stumpage Prices. Forest Science, 68(4), 389-398. doi:10.1093/forsci/fxac023

  • Bawa, R., & Dwivedi, P. (2021). Estimating Marginal Costs of Additional Water Flow from a Loblolly Pine Stand in South Georgia, United States. Journal of Forestry, 119(4), 329-336. doi:10.1093/jofore/fvab010

  • Bawa, R., & Dwivedi, P. (2019). Impact of land cover on groundwater quality in the Upper Floridan Aquifer in Florida, United States. Environmental Pollution, 252, 1828-1840. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.054

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