Christopher Lant
Biographic Data
| ID | 6019902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Lant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Lant |
| SIGNATURE | LANT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0416-1974 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Newspaper discourses shore up an unviable energy technology: Algae biofuels in the United States
The U.S. food–energy–water system: A blueprint to fill the mesoscale gap for science and decision-making
Energy and water resource simulations for U.S. geography undergraduates
This paper describes environmental systems games developed for energy and water resource use designed to be adaptable from high school to undergraduate use. Two of the games are computer simulations with adjustable levels of difficulty that can be done in a computer lab or as a homework assignment. The third is a peer-to-peer roleplayer game designed for an immersive in-class simulation. For the energy and the peer-to-peer water games, we describ…
Policy Drivers of U.S. Wetland Conversion Rates, 1955–2009
While conversion of wetlands to nonagricultural purposes has persisted, the five U.S. national wetland inventory reports spanning 1955–2009 show a large decline in the rate of conversion of wetlands for agriculture, especially from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Through regression and path analysis, this study identifies primary policy and economic drivers of this decline in wetland conversions. The Clean Water Act §404 is strongly and negativel…
The evolution and empirical estimation of ecological-economic production possibilities frontiers
Input–output analysis of virtual water transfers: Case study of California and Illinois
Agricultural Virtual Water Trade and Water Footprint of U.S. States
Virtual water transfer in the form of trade in water-intensive crop, animal, and industrial products can constitute a substantial part of the water supply and demand balance of both importing and exporting regions. International studies have identified the United States as the leading gross and net virtual water exporter. This study quantifies water footprints and internal virtual water flows for the forty-eight contiguous states in 2008 by exami…
Overfertilization in the Economically Developed and Ecologically Critical Lake Tai Region, China
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stream Channel Incision in the Loess Region of the Missouri River
Stream channel incision is severe in the loess-dominated region of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with recent incision related to sediment capture by reservoirs on the Missouri River. This study confirms that the temporal pattern of incision follows the rate law proposed by Graf (1977) Graf, W. L. 1977. The rate law in fluvial geomorphology. American Journal of Science, 277: 178–91. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] with half-…
Using GIS-based ecological–economic modeling to evaluate policies affecting agricultural watersheds
Watershed Planning: Pseudo-democracy and its Alternatives – The Case of the Cache River Watershed, Illinois
Development and Comparison of Approaches for Automated Mapping of Stream Channel Networks
Accurate mapping of stream channel networks is important for measuring hydrologic parameters, for site planning in construction projects, and for use in hydrologic models. This article compares five existing and two new methods for extracting stream channel networks for use in topographic mapping. In order of increasing accuracy, these methods are: (1) blue lines on USGS 1:24,000 topographic maps (64.6 percent underrepresentation), (2) placing st…
Conflicting attitudes toward state wildlife conservation programs in Kenya
We present a case study of the social issues of wildlife conservation in Kenya based on field work in and near Nairobi and Tsavo National Parks. Surveys of small‐scale cultivators and pastoralists (157) and local park officials (44) reveal that there are widespread negative feelings and perceptions of local people toward state policies and programs of wildlife conservation. For instance, 84% of the local people reported that there is a bad relati…
The role of property rights in economic research on U.S. wetlands policy
Greenbelts in the Cornbelt: Riparian Wetlands, Intrinsic Values, and Market Failure
Historical agricultural practices have severely undermined the recreational quality and ecological integrity of Midwestern streams, rivers, and reservoirs. Reestablishing riparian forest corridors would create wetland buffers partially protecting water quality and aquatic ecosystems from agricultural runoff. On the basis of an explicitly spatial market-failure model of land use in the riparian (floodplain) zone, contingent valuation survey method…
Conflicting attitudes toward state wildlife conservation programs in Kenya
We present a case study of the social issues of wildlife conservation in Kenya based on field work in and near Nairobi and Tsavo National Parks. Surveys of small‐scale cultivators and pastoralists (157) and local park officials (44) reveal that there are widespread negative feelings and perceptions of local people toward state policies and programs of wildlife conservation. For instance, 84% of the local people reported that there is a bad relati…
Watershed Planning: Pseudo-democracy and its Alternatives – The Case of the Cache River Watershed, Illinois
Newspaper discourses shore up an unviable energy technology: Algae biofuels in the United States
Energy and water resource simulations for U.S. geography undergraduates
This paper describes environmental systems games developed for energy and water resource use designed to be adaptable from high school to undergraduate use. Two of the games are computer simulations with adjustable levels of difficulty that can be done in a computer lab or as a homework assignment. The third is a peer-to-peer roleplayer game designed for an immersive in-class simulation. For the energy and the peer-to-peer water games, we describ…
Agricultural Virtual Water Trade and Water Footprint of U.S. States
Virtual water transfer in the form of trade in water-intensive crop, animal, and industrial products can constitute a substantial part of the water supply and demand balance of both importing and exporting regions. International studies have identified the United States as the leading gross and net virtual water exporter. This study quantifies water footprints and internal virtual water flows for the forty-eight contiguous states in 2008 by exami…
Overfertilization in the Economically Developed and Ecologically Critical Lake Tai Region, China
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stream Channel Incision in the Loess Region of the Missouri River
Stream channel incision is severe in the loess-dominated region of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with recent incision related to sediment capture by reservoirs on the Missouri River. This study confirms that the temporal pattern of incision follows the rate law proposed by Graf (1977) Graf, W. L. 1977. The rate law in fluvial geomorphology. American Journal of Science, 277: 178–91. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] with half-…
Development and Comparison of Approaches for Automated Mapping of Stream Channel Networks
Accurate mapping of stream channel networks is important for measuring hydrologic parameters, for site planning in construction projects, and for use in hydrologic models. This article compares five existing and two new methods for extracting stream channel networks for use in topographic mapping. In order of increasing accuracy, these methods are: (1) blue lines on USGS 1:24,000 topographic maps (64.6 percent underrepresentation), (2) placing st…
Greenbelts in the Cornbelt: Riparian Wetlands, Intrinsic Values, and Market Failure
Historical agricultural practices have severely undermined the recreational quality and ecological integrity of Midwestern streams, rivers, and reservoirs. Reestablishing riparian forest corridors would create wetland buffers partially protecting water quality and aquatic ecosystems from agricultural runoff. On the basis of an explicitly spatial market-failure model of land use in the riparian (floodplain) zone, contingent valuation survey method…
The role of property rights in economic research on U.S. wetlands policy
Conflicting attitudes toward state wildlife conservation programs in Kenya
We present a case study of the social issues of wildlife conservation in Kenya based on field work in and near Nairobi and Tsavo National Parks. Surveys of small‐scale cultivators and pastoralists (157) and local park officials (44) reveal that there are widespread negative feelings and perceptions of local people toward state policies and programs of wildlife conservation. For instance, 84% of the local people reported that there is a bad relati…
Development and Comparison of Approaches for Automated Mapping of Stream Channel Networks
Accurate mapping of stream channel networks is important for measuring hydrologic parameters, for site planning in construction projects, and for use in hydrologic models. This article compares five existing and two new methods for extracting stream channel networks for use in topographic mapping. In order of increasing accuracy, these methods are: (1) blue lines on USGS 1:24,000 topographic maps (64.6 percent underrepresentation), (2) placing st…
Using GIS-based ecological–economic modeling to evaluate policies affecting agricultural watersheds
Watershed Planning: Pseudo-democracy and its Alternatives – The Case of the Cache River Watershed, Illinois
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stream Channel Incision in the Loess Region of the Missouri River
Stream channel incision is severe in the loess-dominated region of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with recent incision related to sediment capture by reservoirs on the Missouri River. This study confirms that the temporal pattern of incision follows the rate law proposed by Graf (1977) Graf, W. L. 1977. The rate law in fluvial geomorphology. American Journal of Science, 277: 178–91. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] with half-…
Overfertilization in the Economically Developed and Ecologically Critical Lake Tai Region, China
The evolution and empirical estimation of ecological-economic production possibilities frontiers
Input–output analysis of virtual water transfers: Case study of California and Illinois
Agricultural Virtual Water Trade and Water Footprint of U.S. States
Virtual water transfer in the form of trade in water-intensive crop, animal, and industrial products can constitute a substantial part of the water supply and demand balance of both importing and exporting regions. International studies have identified the United States as the leading gross and net virtual water exporter. This study quantifies water footprints and internal virtual water flows for the forty-eight contiguous states in 2008 by exami…
Policy Drivers of U.S. Wetland Conversion Rates, 1955–2009
While conversion of wetlands to nonagricultural purposes has persisted, the five U.S. national wetland inventory reports spanning 1955–2009 show a large decline in the rate of conversion of wetlands for agriculture, especially from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Through regression and path analysis, this study identifies primary policy and economic drivers of this decline in wetland conversions. The Clean Water Act §404 is strongly and negativel…
Energy and water resource simulations for U.S. geography undergraduates
This paper describes environmental systems games developed for energy and water resource use designed to be adaptable from high school to undergraduate use. Two of the games are computer simulations with adjustable levels of difficulty that can be done in a computer lab or as a homework assignment. The third is a peer-to-peer roleplayer game designed for an immersive in-class simulation. For the energy and the peer-to-peer water games, we describ…
The U.S. food–energy–water system: A blueprint to fill the mesoscale gap for science and decision-making
Newspaper discourses shore up an unviable energy technology: Algae biofuels in the United States
Ecology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Environmental Science (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works) · Natural resource economics (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (5 works)