AARES SA Branch Event Friday 5 April 2024

Date

Time

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue

Seminar room of the Centre for Global Food and Resources of the University of Adelaide (Level 6, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide)

Speakers

Professor Kurt Schwabe

Dr. Schwabe’s research focuses on economic issues associated with water use and water affordability, agricultural production, urban water conservation, ecosystem services, and environmental regulation. His papers have appeared in a wide range of peer-reviewed publications, including Nature Sustainability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Land Economics, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and was co-editor of two books on water titled, Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective, and The Handbook of Water Economics. Dr. Schwabe received a BA in Mathematics and Economics at Macalester College, an MS in Economics at Duke University, and a PhD in Environmental Economics at the North Carolina State University. He currently is a Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside, an Adjunct Policy Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Dr. Schwabe was a first-gen college student and serves on the Board of Directors for Feeding America of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

Description

A Seminar by Professor Kurt Schwabe

“Water Affordability, Bill Delinquency, and Low-Income Rate Assistance: A Southern California Perspective”

The SA Branch is formally inviting attendees to a seminar by Professor Kurt Schwabe titled ‘Water Affordability, Bill Delinquency, and Low-Income Rate Assistance: A Southern California Perspective’. Dr Schwabe is a Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of California-Riverside, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Adelaide, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. 

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