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    • 01 · Scarcity + markets
    • 02 · Externality toolkit
    • 03 · Externalities + experiment
    • 04 · Resource institutions
    • 05 · Present value + discounting
    • 06 · Allocation through time
    • 07 · Allocation practice + fairness
    • 08 · Fishery
    • 09 · Midterm + fishery
    • 10 · Valuing nature I · Coming soon
    • 11 · Valuing nature II · Coming soon
    • 12 · Land use + forests · Coming soon
    • 13 · Disaster risk · Coming soon
    • 14 · Insurance + resilience · Coming soon
    • 15–16 · Policy studio + synthesis · Coming soon

ECON 341 · Natural Resource Economics Instructor: Byeong-Hak Choe SUNY Geneseo · Fall 2026

Managing a resource under pressure

Resource topic atlas

Explore optional examples and shape a question your group genuinely wants to answer within Natural Resource Economics.

Note

Your group may choose any topic within Natural Resource Economics. The topics below are optional starting points, not a required list. Review the project guideline for the economic analysis and deliverables. The kickoff report is due November 4 at 11:59 PM.

Biodiversity and Habitat
Ecosystem services
Valuation
USGS data

Habitat conservation, non-use value, conservation banking, and endangered-species policy.

Disaster Resilience and Insurance
Risk
Insurance
FEMA data

Ex-ante mitigation, ex-post relief, correlated loss, affordability, and public backstops.

Fisheries
Renewable resources
Commons
NOAA data

Stock recovery, open access, catch shares, marine protection, and community governance.

Forests
Renewable resources
Carbon
Forest Service data

Rotation age, timber value, carbon, habitat, fire, and multiple-use management.

Groundwater
Depletable resources
Water
USGS data

Aquifer depletion, pumping externalities, property rules, water prices, and drought.

Wildfire and the Wildland–Urban Interface
Disaster risk
Land use
Forest Service data

Land development, home hardening, fuel treatment, spillovers, and risk-based pricing.

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