The Natural Environment

As scientists learn more about how the environment responds to human activity, it has become an area of increasing concern to the global community. RAND research has helped inform policies and direct further studies of environmental issues, from building efficiency and natural resource management to risk management and decisionmaking in the face of deep scientific and economic uncertainties.

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program

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Western Riverside County Habitat Conservation Plan Progressing, but Needs Fine-Tuning

Western Riverside County's Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan—a sweeping effort to protect endangered and threatened species while accelerating the approval of transportation improvements—has made significant progress, but needs modifying to reach its goals in Southern California's changing economy.

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Shmuel Abramzon

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Hebrew University; B.A. in economics and philosophy, Hebrew University

Duncan Amos

Research Assistant
B.S. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in political science, Duke University

Aziza Arifkhanova

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. student in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in economics, Florida State University; B.S. in economics and international affairs, Florida State University

James T. Bartis

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in chemical physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sc.B. in chemistry, Brown University

Sandra H. Berry

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Evan Bloom

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in management science, University of California San Diego

Olena Bogdan

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economic analysis, Kyiv School of Economics; M.A. in economics, University of Houston

Craig A. Bond

Economist, Full
Ph.D. in agricultrual and resource economics, University of California, Davis; M.S. in economics, Colorado State University; B.A. in economics, Frostburg State University

Nicholas Burger

Economist; Associate Research Department Director, Economics, Sociology, and Statistics Department; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in economics and philosophy, University of Southern California

Gary Cecchine

Director of Research, RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; Senior Natural Scientist
Ph.D. in biology and public policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S. in marine science and biology, University of Tampa

Ramya Chari

Associate Policy Researcher
PhD in health policy and management, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Noreen Clancy

Environmental Scientist; Senior Project Associate
M.S. in environmental science and policy, The Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in criminology and law, University of Florida

Keith Crane

Director, RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Indiana University; B.A. in international studies, University of Minnesota

Lloyd Dixon

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in political science, B.S. in general engineering, Stanford University

Josephine Exley

Associate Analyst
M.Sc. in public health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Chaoling Feng

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Master in management science, Tsinghua University; Master in environmental management, Paris Institute of Technology

Jordan R. Fischbach

Associate Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.A. in history, Columbia University

David Andrew Galvan

Associate Physical Scientist
Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics, UCLA; M.S. in geophysics and space physics, UCLA; B.S. in physics, UC San Diego

Sandy A. Geschwind


Dr.P.H. in environmental epidemiology, Yale University

David G. Groves

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in atmospheric sciences, University of Washington; M.S. in earth systems, B.S. in geological and environmental sciences, Stanford University

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