Bhat, Mahadev

Bhat, Mahadev
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Professor, Earth and Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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bhatm@fiu.edu

overview

Dr. MahadevBhat is a Professor of Natural Resource Economics in the Departments of Earth and Environment and Economics. His research focusses economic and policy issues relating to natural resources management, including water resources, coastal and marine resources, ecosystem services valuation and agriculture. He has more than 250 research articles, book chapters, publications and presentations. He has received research funding over $14 million, as PI and Co-PI, from the US Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, National Parks Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and private foundations. Dr. Bhat has advised more than 40 graduate students and 150 undergraduate students on their research and independent study projects.

Dr. Bhat co-founded the FIU Agroecology Program and the Campus Organic Garden with the aid of over 25 different USDA grants, which supported over 400 under-represented students in agricultural and natural resources sciences and prepare them for career and higher education. One of his USDA-funded grants helped establish a multi-university consortium for training more than 150 Hispanic students in South Florida and Puerto Rico. Dr. Bhat also co-established the nationally acclaimed FIU Veterans and Small Farmers Outreach Program to assist prospective and beginning farmers with establishing viable farming and agri-business operations.

Dr. Bhat is the recipient of multiple awards, including Fulbright Specialist (2021-2023), US Society for Ecological Economics’ Bernardo Aguilar Award (2019), FIU Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2020), Engagement (2016), Teaching (2014) & Service (2010), FIU Presidential Excellence Award (2016) and Soil and Water Conservation Society’s Berg Fellow (1992).

Dr. Bhat received his PhD from the University of Tennessee and MS from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  A System for Resilience Learning: Developing a Community-Driven, Multi-Sector Research Approach for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Long-Term Climate Stressors and Extreme Events in the Miami Metropolitan Region
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/s2345737621500196
- 2020
  
  Valuing Ecosystem Services under Climate Risk: A Case of Recreational Fisheries in the Florida Everglades. JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 146.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001290 Web of Science: 000601258700009
- 2020
  
  Impact of risk perception on household willingness-to-pay to restock the threatened staghorn coral. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 193.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105244 Web of Science: 000541741600012
- 2019
  
  Reconciling economic impacts and stakeholder perception: A management challenge in Florida Gulf Coast fisheries. MARINE POLICY. 108.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103628 Web of Science: 000495518700017
- 2019
  
  Development and application of a priority rated optimization model (PROM) for multi-sector water resource management systems. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE. 113.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.11.014 Web of Science: 000456317600008
- 2018
  
  Influence of water management and natural variability on dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics in a mangrove-dominated estuary. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 635.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.088 Web of Science: 000436494400047
- 2018
  
  A hydro-economic model of South Florida water resources system. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 628-629.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.111 Web of Science: 000432462000148
- 2018
  
  Ecological-economic assessment of the effects of freshwater flow in the Florida Everglades on recreational fisheries. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 627.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.038 Web of Science: 000431848500046
- 2018
  
  Commodity chains, institutions, and domestic policies of organic and fair trade coffee in Bolivia. AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 42:299-327.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1359737 Web of Science: 000428779300005
- 2017
  
  An assessment of biodiesel feedstock conversion efficiency: a case study of decentralised biofuel production program in rural India
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1504/ijret.2017.10001530
- 2017
  
  An assessment of biodiesel feedstock conversion efficiency: a case study of decentralised biofuel production program in rural India
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1504/ijret.2017.080870
- 2017
  
  Water quality trading opportunities in two sub-watersheds in the northern Lake Okeechobee watershed. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 196:544-559.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.061 PMID: 28351821 Web of Science: 000401888300051
- 2016
  
  Multi-criteria assessment of sanitation technologies in rural Tanzania: Implications for program implementation, health and socio-economic improvements. TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY. 46.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2016.04.003 Web of Science: 000392527600010
- 2016
  
  Assessing plant growth, water quality and economic effects from application of a plant-based aquafeed in a recirculating aquaponic system. AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL. 24:415-427.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10499-015-9934-3 Web of Science: 000372553000030
- 2016
  
  The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY. 66:160-169.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.005 Web of Science: 000389089300017
- 2014
  
  Assessment of water resources availability and demand in the Mara River Basin. CATENA. 115:104-114.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.11.017 Web of Science: 000331346400012
- 2014
  
  Eat your orchid and have it too: a potentially new conservation formula for Chinese epiphytic medicinal orchids. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. 23:1215-1228.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0661-2 Web of Science: 000333898600009
- 2014
  
  Economic Assessment of Best Management Practices in the Mara River Basin: Toward Implementing Payment for Watershed Services. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. 28:1751-1766.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0585-3 Web of Science: 000334184800018
- 2014
  
  Modeling a phosphorus credit trading program in an agricultural watershed. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 143:162-172.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.04.031 PMID: 24907668 Web of Science: 000338810200019
- 2014
  
  Sustainable funding policies for environmental protection: the case of Maldivian atolls
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10018-013-0070-x Web of Science: 000211992000003
- 2013
  
  Environmental Valuation in South Asia, edited by A.K. Enamul Haque, M.N. Murty, and Priya Shyamsundar
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/19390459.2013.763323
- 2013
  
  WATER QUALITY TRADING PROGRAMS TOWARDS SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE. 62:72-92.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ird.1805 Web of Science: 000327725800009
- 2012
  
  Ecological, Economic, and Organizational Dimensions of Organic Farming in Miami-Dade County. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. 36.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.627990 Web of Science: 000300528800007
- 2009
  
  Financing marine protected areas in Jamaica: An exploratory study. MARINE POLICY. 33:128-136.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.05.004 Web of Science: 000262186200014
- 2008
  
  Factors influencing community participation in mangroves restoration: A contingent valuation analysis. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 51:476-484.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.02.001 Web of Science: 000257363900005
- 2007
  
  Management of a transboundary wildlife population: A self-enforcing cooperative agreement with renegotiation and variable transfer payments. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT. 53:54-67.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.04.002 Web of Science: 000243772400004
- 2006
  
  Mechanization and technical interactions in multi-species Indian fisheries: implications for economic and biological sustainability. MARINE POLICY. 30:237-248.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2005.01.001 Web of Science: 000236658500005
- 2006
  
  Regional economic impacts of limited entry fishery management: an application of dynamic input-output model. ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. 11:709-728.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X06003238 Web of Science: 000242960700003
- 2004
  
  Considering aquacultural externality in coastal land allocation decisions in India. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS. 29.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000035424.64335.6d Web of Science: 000223609200001
- 2004
  
  Socio-economic changes and sacred groves in South India: Protecting a community-based resource management institution. NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM. 28.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00077.x Web of Science: 000222641000002
- 2003
  
  Institutions, incentives, and resource use conflicts: The case of Biscayne Bay, Florida. POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT. 24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1025026731145 Web of Science: 000184922500003
- 2003
  
  Application of non-market valuation to the Florida Keys marine reserve management. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 67.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(02)00207-4 Web of Science: 000182766200003
- 1999
  
  On biodiversity access, intellectual property rights, and conservation. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. 29.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(98)00066-4 Web of Science: 000081239800007
- 1999
  
  Controlling forest damage by dispersive beaver populations: centralized optimal management strategy
- 1998
  
  Impacts of aquaculture on the management of estuaries in India. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. 25.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0376892998000162 Web of Science: 000074621100004
- 1996
  
  Controlling transboundary wildlife damage: Modeling under alternative management scenarios. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 92.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00169-7 Web of Science: A1996VT16400009
- 1996
  
  Trade-related intellectual property rights to biological resources: Socioeconomic implications for developing countries. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS. 19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00090-0 Web of Science: A1996VX13600005
- 1995
  
  The flexible planting program: Divergent national and regional economic impacts
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01900699508525003
- 1993
  
  CONTROLLING FOREST DAMAGE BY DISPERSIVE BEAVER POPULATIONS - CENTRALIZED OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1941920 Web of Science: A1993LP08400017
- 1992
  
  APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL MODEL IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/s0218202592000259
- 1992
  
  OPTIMAL TRAPPING STRATEGIES FOR DIFFUSING NUISANCE‐BEAVER POPULATIONS
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.1992.tb00267.x
- 1991
  
  PRIVATE PROPERTY-RIGHTS AND FOREST PRESERVATION IN KARNATAKA WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1242721 Web of Science: A1991FN15000014
Book Chapter
- 2010
  
  Externalities and Property Rights. 227-236.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4135/9781412979290.n22
Book Review
- 2002
  
  Classic papers in natural resource economics.. Ed. 84.
  Web of Science: 000177119300035
Note
- 1993
  
  PRIVATE PROPERTY-RIGHTS AND FOREST PRESERVATION IN KARNATAKA WESTERN GHATS, INDIA - REPLY. 496-498.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1242935 Web of Science: A1993LD51400026
Review
- 2016
  
  A review of seagrass economic valuations: Gaps and progress in valuation approaches. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. 68-77.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.010 Web of Science: 000375213800006

chaired theses and dissertations

Thiesen, Thais H, A Framework for assessing Alternative Agro-Ecosystems: finding Multi-Functional Solutions for Sustainable urban landscapes. 2016
Estevez, Christopher L, A Market Study of Organic and Fair Trade Coffee in Bolivia 2015
Atisa, George, Analysis of Global Compliance and Implementation of the Goals of International Environmental Treaties: A Case study of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) 2014
Chen, Yu, Essays on Intergenerational and Regional Aspects of Water Management 2014
Becnel, Audrey R, Land Use and Water Quality Correlations in Miami-Dade, Florida 2014
Jungman, Andrew Aaron, Examining the use of Simarouba glauca Seed Oil as a Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel using a Small Scale Model Developed in India 2012
Dhavala, Kishore, Essays on Emissions Trading Markets 2012
Seleman, Amour, Assessing Sustainability of Sanitation Technologies Recommended for Rural Settings: A Case Study of Morogoro District, Tanzania 2012
Jerath, Meenakshi, An Economic Analysis of Carbon Sequestration and Storage Service by Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park, Florida 2012
Costa, Dionne J Da, An Economic Valuation Analysis of Buccoo Reef Marine Park, Tobago, West Indies 2010
Atisa, George, Economic assessment of best management practices in the Mara River Basin : toward implementing payment for watershed services 2009
Blackmore, Pablo Federico, Social sustainability of hybrid electricity generation systems in Mexico 2006

research interests

Resource and Environmental Economics; economic and policy issues relating to natural resources management, including water resources, coastal and marine resources, ecosystem services valuation and agriculture.