Bonnie Colby

Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Cesar E Chavez Building, Room 425

520-621-4775

bcolby@ag.arizona.edu

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Colby_CV_2020.pdf

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Dr. Colby’s research, teaching and outreach emphasize climate change adaptation, water supply reliability and negotiated agreements to resolve environmental disputes. She focuses on the neuroeconomics* of collaborative problem-solving processes and incentive-based agreements to address natural resource conflicts (neuroeconomics studies human choices and processing of multiple alternatives). Colby has provided invited testimony to state legislatures, tribal councils, federal courts and the U.S. Congress. She works with public agencies, private firms and NGOs to develop and implement economic strategies to address regional resource challenges, and provides trainings for attorneys, engineers, public officials and resource user groups. Dr. Colby has authored over one hundred journal articles and eight books, including Braving the Currents: Resolving Conflicts Over the Waters of the American West; and Risk & Resilience: The Economics of Climate, Water, and Energy in the Arid Southwest.

Publications

Colby, B. G., & Jacobs, K. L. (2007). Arizona water policy : management innovations in an urbanizing, arid region (p. xxiii, 247 p.). Resources for the Future.

Colby, B. G. (2007). Assessing the Value of Adjudications in a World of Uncertainty: an Economic Perspective. University of Denver Water Law Review, 10, 327.

Bark-Hodgins, R., & Colby, B. G.. (2006). An Economic Assessment of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Natural Resources Journal, 46(3), 709-725.

Bark-Hodgins, R., Osgood, D., & Colby, B. G.. (2006). Remotely Sensed Proxies for Environmental Amenities in Hedonic Analysis: What Does Green Mean?. In Environmental Valuation: Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives. Ashgate.

Orr, P., & Colby, B. G.. (2005). Institutions and Incentives to Protect Water-Dependent Amenities. Water Resources Research.

Colby, B. G., Thorson, J. E., & Britton, S. (2005). Negotiating tribal water rights : fulfilling promises in the arid West (p. xxiii, 191 p.). University of Arizona Press.

Orr, P., & Colby, B. G.. (2005). Valuing Riparian Amenities. Natural Resources Journal, 45(1).

Colby, B. G., & Smith-Incer, E. (2005). Visitor Values and Local Economic Impacts of Riparian Habitat Preservation: California’s Kern River Preserve. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(3), 709-717. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03765.x

Estrée T. P. d, & Colby, B. G.. (2004). Braving the currents : evaluating environmental conflict resolution in the river basins of the American West (Issues 26, p. xvii, 404 p.). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Brookshire, D., Colby, B. G., Ewers, M., & Ganderton, P. (2004). Market Prices for Water in the Semiarid West of the United States. Water Resources Research, 40(9), 2003WR002846. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002846

Colby, B. G. (2004). The Role of Markets in Reallocating Irrigation Water. In Encyclopedia of Water Science. Marcel Dekker.

Brookshire, D., Colby, B. G., Ganderton, P., Ewers, M., & Stewart, S. (2004). Water Markets in the Southwest. Southwest Hydrology, 3(2), 14-15.

Colby, B. G. (2003). Economic Characteristics of Successful Environmental Dispute Resolution Outcomes. In Evaluating Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution Programs and Policies (pp. 301-325). Resources for the Future.

Colby, B. G. (2003). Economics of Urban Water Demand and Supply. In Managing Urban Water Demand. Kluwer Academic Press.

Colby, B. G., & Wishart, S. (2003). Riparian Areas Generate Property Value Premium for Landowners. Arizona Review, 1(1).

Colby, B. G., & Wishart, S. (2002). Quantifying the Influence of Desert Riparian Areas on Residential Property Values. The Appraisal Journal, 70(3), 304-308.

Projects

Name	Project type	Project Dates
Climate Variables and Water Market Prices	Research	2002 - 2009
Economic Values of Riparian Corridors	Research	2001 - 2006