Vitae

Research

The spatial configuration of land cover/land use is of fundamental importance to environmental conditions, both amenities (e.g. scenic values, recreational benefits, housing quality), and dis-amenities (e.g. water pollution, habitat destruction through the spread of invasive species, natural disaster risks). My research develops models that integrate economic and natural process to explain economic-environmental interactions mediated dynamically through land cover/land use. Three specific areas of application that I have pursued in my research are: (1) open-space conservation, (2) landscape-related environmental risks such as floods, wildfires, and the spread of invasive species, and (3) agricultural cropping decisions and adoption best management practices.

Publications

(Note: * indicates work with a graduate student as part of their research)

Published

Wu, H., Miller, Z.D., Wang, R., Zipp, K.Y., Newman, P., Shr, Y.H., Dems, C.L., Taylor, A., Kaye, M.W. and Smithwick, E.A. (2022) Public and manager perceptions about prescribed fire in the Mid-Atlantic, United States. Journal of environmental management, 322, p.116100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116100

Rice, W. L.*, Newman, P., Zipp, K. Y., Taff, B. D., Pipkin, A. R., Miller, Z. D., & Pan, B. (2022). Balancing quietness and freedom: Support for reducing road noise among park visitors. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 37, 100474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2021.100474

Khanna, M., Chen, L., Basso, B., Cai, X., Field, J. L., Guan, K., ... & Zipp, K. Y. (2021). Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production. GCB Bioenergy, 13(10), 1590-1609. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12877

Colby, S. and K.Y. Zipp. (2020) "Excess Vulnerability from Subsidized Flood Insurance: Housing Market Adaptation When Premiums Equal Expected Flood Damage" Climate Change Economics https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007820500128

Rice, W.L*, P.B. Newman, B.D. Taff, Z.D. Miller, and K.Y. Zipp. (2020) "Beyond benefits: Toward a recreational ecosystem services management framework." Landscape Research 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2020.1777956

Miller, Z. D., H. Wu, K. Zipp, C. L. Dems, E. Smithwick, M. Kaye, P. Newman, A. Zhao, and A. Taylor. (2020) "Hunter and Non-Hunter Percpetions of Costs, Benefits, and Likelihood of Outcomes of Prescribed Fire in the Mid-Atlantic Region." Society & Natural Resources https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1780359.

Rice, W. L.*, Taff, B. D., Miller, Z. D., Newman, P., Zipp, K. Y., Pan, B., Newton, J. N., & D’Antonio, A. (2020) "Connecting motivations to outcomes: A study of park visitors’ outcome attainment." Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 29: xx-xx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2019.100272

Zipp, K.Y., L. Zikatanov, Y. Wu, and K. Wu (2019) "Optimal management to minimize the damages caused by aquatic invasive species." Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 12: 199–213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-019-00237-x

Li, X.* and K.Y. Zipp (2019) "Dynamics and Uncertainty in Land-Use Conversion for Perennial Energy Crop Production: Exploring Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services Policies" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 28(2): 328-358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/age.2019.3

Rice, W.L*, B.D. Taff, P.B. Newman, Z.D. Miller, A.L. D'Antonio, J.T. Baker, C. Monz, J.N. Newton, and K.Y. Zipp (2019) "Grand Expectations: Understanding Visitor Motivations and Outcome Interference in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming." Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 37(2): 26-44 https://doi.org/10.18666/JPRA-2019-9283

Jiang, W.*, K.Y. Zipp, M. Langholtz, and M. Jacobson (2019) "Modeling Spatial Dependence and Hot Spots in Landowners’ Willingness to Supply Bioenergy Crops in Northeast of the United States." Global Change Biology (GCB) Bioenergy 11(9): 1086-1097. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12617

Jiang, W.*, H. Fu, M. G. Jacobson, K. Y. Zipp, and J. Jin (2019) "The Impact of Biomass Crop Assistance Program on the United States Forest Product Market: An Application of Global Forest Product Model" Forests 10(3): 215-227. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030215

Shr, Y-H* and K.Y. Zipp (2019) "The Aftermath of Flood Zone Remapping: The Asymmetric Impact of Flood Maps on Housing Prices" Land Economics 95(2): 174-192. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.95.2.174

Zipp, K.Y., D. J. Lewis, B. Provencher, and M.J. Vander Zanden (2019) "The Spatial Dynamics of the Economic Impacts of an Aquatic Invasive Species: An Empirical Analysis" Land Economics 95(1): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.95.1.1

Jiang, W.*, K.Y. Zipp, and M. Jacobson (2018) "Economic Assessment of Landowners’ Willingness to Supply Energy Crops on Marginal Lands in the Northeastern of the United States." Biomass and Bioenergy 113: 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.03.005

Zipp, K.Y., D. J. Lewis, and B. Provencher (2017) "Does the conservation of land reduce development? An econometric-based landscape simulation with land market feedbacks" Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 81: 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2016.08.006

Shortle, J., D. Abler, Z. Kaufman, and K.Y. Zipp (2016) "Simple vs. Complex: Implications of Lags in Pollution Delivery for Efficient Load Allocation and Design of Water-quality Trading Programs" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 45(2):367–393. https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2016.18

Under Review

K.Y. Zipp, Li, X.*, J.S. Shortle, F. Jiang, T.L. Veith, and H.E. Gall. "Integrated Assessment Modeling for Design of Riparian Buffer Systems and Incentives for Adoption" (Revise and Resubmit).

Working Papers

Zipp, K.Y. and Y-H. Shr "Feeling the Burn: The Optimal Timing of Prescribed Fires for Recreational Benefits." (Working Paper)

Grants

Awarded

Co-PI "Implementing High Priority Objectives, Strategies, and Actions Identified in the Pennsylvania Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan" U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2022 $748,456.

PI "The Study and Simulation of the Mechanisms Driving Species Migration." PSU ICS Seed Grant. $9,952 Press release.

Co-PI "Advancing High Priority, Objectives, Strategies and Actions Identified in the Pennsylvania Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan" U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 06/21/2019 - 06/30/2021 $797,949. Press release.

Co-PI "Flexible Buffer Systems: Enhancing Ecosystem Services and Expanding Agricultural Options in Riparian Areas." USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2019 $499,500. Press release.

PI "Analysis of Ecosystem service valuation and policy design of water quality improvements associated with perennial grasses and cover crops.” USDT Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels, ASCENT. 8/1/2016 - 7/31/2017 $200,000.

Co-PI "Firescapes in the mid-Atlantic: Mismatches between social perceptions and prescribed fire use." USDI Joint Fire Sciences Program. 08/01/2016 - 07/31/2019 $326,646. Project website. Funders website.

Co-PI "Flood Mitigation for Pennsylvania's Rural Communities: Community-Scale Impact of Federal Policies." Center for Rural Pennsylvania. 1/20/2016 - 1/20/2017 $50,000. Final Report. Press Release

PI "Analysis of Ecosystem service valuation and policy design of water quality improvements associated with perennial grasses and cover crops.” USDT Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels, ASCENT. 8/1/2015 - 7/31/2016 $80,000.

Co-PI "Pennsylvania Natural Resources Leadership Program Pilot Project” AESE Strategic Initiatives Funding. 1/1/2015 - 6/30/2015 $5,850.

Teaching

-CED 309: Land Use Dynamics

-CED 429: Natural Resource Economics

-EEFE 541: Resource and Environmental Economics II

-AEREC 597: Research in the Economics of Land Use