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Agricultural Economics Decision Science Marine Biology Marine Ecosystems Natural Hazards and Disasters Environmental Economics
Industries
Value Added Logistics Services
David Letson, "Climate Change and Food Security: Florida’s Agriculture in the Coming Decades" In World Agricultural Resources and Food Security. Online: 18 Jul 2017; 85-102. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-871520170000017007
G. Anderson, J. Clements, G. Fleming, T. Frei, H. Kootval, D. Kull, J. Lazo, D. Letson, B. Mills, A. Perrels, D. Rogers, C. Vaughan and J. Zillman. 2015. Valuing Weather and Climate: Economic Assessment of Meteorological and Hydrological Services. World Meteorological Association Report #1153. Online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwdvoC9AeWjUX2dJblR6WlMybU0/view
J. Vogel, D. Letson, C. Herrick. 2017. “A framework for climate services evaluation and its application to the Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative” Climate Services 6: 65-76. doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2017.07
Solís, D., L. Perruso, J. del Corral, B. Stoffle and D. Letson. “Measuring the Initial Economic Effects of Hurricanes on Commercial Fish Production: The US Gulf of Mexico Grouper (Serranidae) Fishery”. Natural Hazards 66 (2): 271-289.
Kelly, D.L.; D. Letson; F. Nelson; D.S. Nolan and D. Solís 2012. Evolution of Subjective Hurricane Risk Perceptions: A Bayesian Approach. Journal of Economic Organization and Behavior 81(2): 644-63.
Solís, D., M. Thomas and D. Letson. 2010. An empirical evaluation of the determinants of household hurricane evacuation choice.Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 2(3): 188-196.
Carter, D.W. and D. Letson. 2009. Structural Vector Error Correction Modeling of Integrated Sportfishery Data. Marine Resource Economics 24(1):19-41.
Letson, D.; C.E. Laciano; F.E. Bert; E.U. Weber; R.W. Katz; X.I. Gonzalez; and G.P. Podestá. 2009. Value of Perfect ENSO Phase Predictions for Agriculture: Evaluating the Impact of Land Tenure and Decision Objectives. Climatic Change 97: 145-170.
Letson, D. 2008. Oceans and Human Health: Human Dimensions. Ch. 5, pp. 91-98 in: Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea, P.J. Walsh, S.L. Smith, L.E. Fleming, H. Solo-Gabriele and W.H. Gerwick, eds. Elsevier.
Letson, D.; D. Sutter and J. Lazo. 2007. The Economic Value of Hurricane Forecasts: An Overview and Research Needs. Natural Hazards Review 8(3): 78-86.
Letson, D., G.P. Podestá, C.D. Messina and R.A. Ferreyra. 2005. The Uncertain Value of Perfect ENSO Phase Forecasts. Climatic Change 69(2-3): 163-96.
Member, US THORPEX Science Steering Committee (USTSSC). THORPEX (The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment), Member; 2012 - 2014
Editor: Weather, Climate and Society, American Meteorological Society; 2012 - 2014
The ocean economy, like agriculture, forestry and mining, for example, has major importance to the U.S. economy. We need to know just how important, in order to inform ocean-related investment practices and policy initiatives. Understanding the role of the oceans in the U.S. economy enables us to: make informed judgments about the infrastructure needed to support these activities, and understand what is at risk from ecological changes such as sea level rise. One crucial investment is protecting oceans from overuse.
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The Inter-American Seas offer many economic opportunities but also present challenges. Coastal development, fisheries, petroleum extraction, tourism and transportation are both enabled and threatened by intensifying usage of the Inter-American Seas: the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the southeast U.S. Continental Shelf. Recognizing and responding to our physical and social connectivity will be crucial. The long-term economic prospects of the region depend on the health of its natural resources, which bind the U.S. with its Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. Coastal and marine management policies must be designed in coordination with neighbors.
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