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Leonard A. Shabman
Resident Scholar
202-328-5139
shabman@rff.org
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PROFILE
 
After three decades on the faculty at Virginia Tech, Leonard Shabman joined RFF in 2002 as a resident scholar. His special interest is in expanding the contributions of economic analysis to the formation of water and related land resource policy. Shabman’s present research is focused on development of evaluation protocols for large-scale ecosystem restoration projects, with special focus on the Everglades and Coastal Louisiana. 
Featured Publications
The Realities of Federal Disaster Aid: The Case of Floods
Carolyn Kousky, Leonard A. Shabman
Issue Brief 12-02 | April 2012
 
Inside RFF
Hilary Sigman, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo, Paul R. Portney, Nigel Purvis, Abigail Jones, Leonard A. Shabman, Roger M. Cooke, Althea Davies, Maureen L. Cropper
Resources | Summer 2011 (178)
 
Rising to the Challenge: Integrating Social Science into NSF Environmental Observatories
Shalini Vajjhala, Alan J. Krupnick, Eleanor B McCormick, Morgan Grove, Patricia McDowell, Charles Redman, Leonard A. Shabman, Mitchell Small
RFF Report | September 2007
 
The Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project: Field Testing a Pay-for-Environmental Services Program
Sarah Lynch, Leonard A. Shabman
Resources | Spring 2007 (165)
 
Making Tough Choices: Hurricane Protection Planning after Katrina and Rita
G. Edward Dickey, Leonard A. Shabman
Resources | Winter 2006 (160)
 
Taxonomy of Trading Programs: Concepts and Applications to TMDLs
Kurt Stephenson, Leonard Shabman, and James Boyd
Total Maximum Daily Load: Approaches and Challenges | Tamim Younos, ed. | Tulsa, OK: PennWell Press | 2005
 
Lessons Learned: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of a NationalTechnical Review Committee for Oversight of the Plan for theRestoration of the Mississippi Delta
Kenneth Orth , John W. Day, Donald F. Boesch, Ellis J. Clairain,William J. Mitsch, Leonard Shabman, Charles Simenstad , Bill Streever, Chester Watson, John Wells, Dennis Whigham
Ecological Engineering | 2005 | Vol. 25 | pp. 153–167
 
The Role of Nonmarket Valuation in Hydropower Relicensing: An Application of a Pattern Modeling Approach
K. Stephenson and L. Shabman
Journal of Economic Issues | Forthcoming
 
Reforesting Frequently Flooded Agricultural Land: Will a Market for Carbon Sequestration Credits Be Enough?
L. Shabman, L. Zepp, D. King and L. Wainger
American Journal of Alternative Agriculture | Forthcoming
 
Effluent and Emission Trading Programs: Reflections on the Air and Water Experiences
L. Shabman, L.K. Stephenson and W. Shobe
Environmental Practice | Forthcoming
 
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Regulatory Reform: Progress or Retreat
Leonard A. Shabman
(Symposium) | University of South Carolina Center for Environmental Policy | Columbia, SC | May 1, 1996
 
ITQs and the Blue Crab Fishery: Threat or Opportunity
Leonard A. Shabman
Workshop on Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Management | Solomons, MD | February 1, 2000
 
Making University Research Useful for Resource Policy
Leonard A. Shabman
Presented to regional Workshop: Making Environmental Policy Analysis Relevant: The EPA Case | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | April 12, 2000
 
Planning and Economic Evaluation of Non-Structural Actions: From Theory to Practice
Leonard A. Shabman
Workshop on Estimating the Economic Values of Water Resources Projects in the Mississippi Basin | Memphis, TN | September 11, 2000
 
Watershed Policy and Watershed Science: Two Cases
Leonard A. Shabman
Symposium on Integrated Decision Making for Watershed Management | Chevy Chase, MD | January 9, 2001
 
The Principles of White and Maass and the Future Corps of Engineers
Leonard A. Shabman
Symposium on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Arthur Maass-Gilbert F. White Reference Room | Alexandria, VA | April 6, 2001
 
Aquatic Restoration as a Mission for the Army Corps of Engineers
Leonard A. Shabman
Northeast Midwest Institute | Washington, D.C. | May 14, 2001
 
Environmental Valuation: Implications for the Corps of Engineers
James Boyd and Leonard Shabman
Institute for Water Resources, Army Corps of Engineers | Fort Belvoir, VA | January 31, 2005
 
Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Lessons from the Mt St Helens Eruption
Plaanning Community of Practice Conference | US Army Corps of Engineers | San Francisco CA | May 9, 2006
 
Planning and Decision Making for New Orleans Hurricane Protection: What Decisions Were Made and Why?
Leonard Shabman
National Association of Flood and Storm Water Agencies | Newport RI | October 3, 2007
 
  
NEWS
Why Mississippi Floods Were Expected
Friday, May 13, 2011
Nature
Investigators Urge Larger Federal Risk-Reduction Role
Monday, September 15, 2008
Engineering News-Record
Gaps in Aging Levees Leave DC Landmarks Exposed
Friday, July 25, 2008
Associated Press
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