A current project examining the strategic plan to manage the state of Hawaii’s Na Ala Hele public trail system. Through the lens of environmental valuation, this research aims to quantify the economic, social, and ecological dimensions of recreational impacts, public perceptions of use management approaches, providing valuable insights for sustainable management and conservation strategies.
Land Economics The Instagram Effect: Is Social Media Influencing Visitation to Public Land?
Public lands in the United States have recently experienced significant increases in visitation. Journalists and park managers suggest Instagram as a reason for the increase. We explore this issue in the Oregon State Park system by combining visitation data with park-specific georeferenced content and engagement indicators from Instagram. Using several empirical specifications, we show suggestive evidence that Instagram is not likely correlated to increased visitation everywhere, but only in a few locations generating high user participation within the app. We find no contemporary effect and a positive association with cumulative Instagram engagement indicators on visits at this subset of parks.
Olsen, Michael J., Jon Allan, Steven J. Dundas, Maria Krivova, Ben A. Leshchinsky, Andrew Senogles, Joanie Herrmann, Christopher Parrish, and Ashley Lowe Mackenzie. US Highway 101 Coastal Hazard Vulnerability and Assessment for Mitigation Prioritization, Oregon Department of Transportation Project, Federal Highway Administration, Final Report
Lowe Mackenzie, A., S. J. Dundas, and B. Zhao. The Instagram Effect: Is Social Media Influencing Visitation to Public Land? Land Economics
Lowe Mackenze, A.,Dugstad A. & Oleson K. Economic Value of Campsite Closures in Hawaii
Lowe Mackenze, A., Dundas SJ Is a Photo Worth 1,000 Likes? Visitation Modeling and The Influence of Instagram at National Parks
Lowe Mackenze, A., Dundas SJ & Dickson, C. The Effects of Public Health Advisories on the Value of Recreational Camping
* Integrating spatial dynamics and recreational values from the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs to the Hawaiian Islands
* Non-market tourism values of coral reefs for the Hawaiian Islands
* Estimating the impacts of removing Oregon’s severance tax on large industrial timber harvesting in 1999.
AERE - Summer 2024
The Effects of Public Health Advisories on the Value of Recreational CampingMSEAS - Summer 2024
Integrating spatial dynamics and recreational values from the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs to the Hawaiian Islands
WEER @ University of Hawaii : Fall 2023
AAEA Conference Reviewer
Oregon Department of Transportation 2021
Project looked at potential impacts from highway
infrastructure failures stemming from coastal erosion and policy conflicts. My responsibility
included developing of a cost benefit framework which included both market and non-market valuation
methods to better understand potential adaptation strategies. Methods employed included travel cost,
emission through the social cost of carbon and permanent changes to ecosystem services to further
understand potential cost and benefits.
UPCOMING : NREM 691 Valuing Nature @ University of Hawaii Fall 2024
UPCOMING: NREM 429 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business and Economic Analysis @ University of Hawaii Fall 2024
NREM 494 Environmental Problem Solving @ University of Hawaii 2024
AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics @ Oregon State Unversity 2020
SUS 390 Global Climate Change @ Western Oregon Unversity 2023
SUS 390 Sustainability and Capitalism @ Western Oregon Unversity 2023
AEC 525 Applied Econometrics 2019
AEC 447 Agriculture Price and Market Analysis 2020
AEC/ECON 432 Environmental Law 2019
AEC 388 Agricultural Law 2018
AEC/ECON 352 Environmental Economics and Policy 2018
SUS 350 Sustainable Communities 2020-2021
AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics 2019
AEC 122 Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy 2021
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