Water Economics and Politics Seminar Series
/ Climate change and water resource management

New developments in hydro-economic models (HEMs) for policy analysis

Speaker: Prof. Frank A. Ward | New Mexico State University (NMSU), United States

Moderator: Dist. Prof. Emer. Ariel Dinar | University of California, Riverside (UCR), United States

Time: 16:00 South African Standard Time (SAST) | GMT +2

Topic: This talk reviews recent advances in the motivation, conceptualisation, development, application and assessment of hydro-economic models (HEMs), for which these models are implemented by conducting a hydro-economic analysis (HEA). It addresses policy debates informed by HEMs, recent achievements in the scientific literature performed using HEMs and future improvements desired in HEA.  Access the paper: Hydroeconomic analysis: History, status, and possibilities. Frank A. Ward in Water Economics and Policy, 10(04), 2024.

UCT-UCR Seminar Series - Frank Ward

About the speaker: Frank Alan Ward is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business at New Mexico State University (NMSU) and the Departmental Coordinator for MS and PhD in Water Science and Management Programs. He holds a BS, MS and PhD in Economics from Colorado State University. Ward's expertise is water policy. He is the author of numerous journal articles, research reports, and book chapters. Ward has written two books: Valuing Nature with Travel Cost Models (2000) with D.J. Beal published by Edward Elgar (UK) and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics by Prentice-Hall (2005). Ward teaches Water Resource Economics and Natural Resource Economics. More: Frank Alan Ward on Wikipedia.

Seminar format:

  • Live online session on Microsoft Teams
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Live presentation with Q&A session

Who should attend: This series is open to students and faculty from academic institutions across South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, policymakers, engineering and technical professionals, advocacy groups, NGO staff, and anyone with a keen interest in water economics and policy.

The UCT-UCR Seminar Series

This seminar is part of the UCT-UCR Seminar Series: Water Economics and Politics, a collaboration between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and University of California, Riverside (UCR). Subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates on upcoming sessions.

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