Christopher Wada

Selected Publications

Okuhata, B.K., Delevaux, J.M.S., Richards Donà, A., Smith, C.M., Gibson, V.L., Dulai, H., El-Kadi, A.I., Stamoulis, K., Burnett, K.M., Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L., 2023. Effects of Multiple Drivers of Environmental Change on Native and Invasive Macroalgae in Nearshore Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems. Water Resources Research 59(7): e2023WR034593. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034593.

5. http://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.338386.

DeMaagd, N., Fuleky, P., Burnett, K., Wada, C., 2022. Tourism water use during the COVID-19 shutdown: A natural experiment in Hawai‘i. Annals of Tourism Research 97, 103475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2022.103475.

Okuhata, B.K., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H., Lee, J., Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L., Burnett, K.M., Delevaux, J.M.S., Shuler, C.K., 2022. A density-dependent multi-species model to assess groundwater flow and nutrient transport in the coastal Keauhou aquifer, Hawai‘i, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 231-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02407-y.

Wada, C.A., Burnett, K.M., Okuhata, B.K., Delevaux, J.M.S., Dulai, H., El-Kadi, A.I., Gibson, V., Smith, C., Bremer, L.L., 2021. Identifying wastewater management tradeoffs: costs, nearshore water quality, and implications for marine coastal ecosystems in Kona, Hawai‘i. PLOS ONE 16, e0257125. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257125.

Bremer, L.L., Elshall, A.S., Wada, C.A., Brewington, L., Delevaux, J.M.S., El-Kadi, A.I., Voss, C.I., Burnett, K.M., 2021. Effects of land cover and watershed protection futures on sustainable groundwater management in a heavily-utilized aquifer in Hawai‘i. Hydrogeology Journal 29, 1749-1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02310-6.

Bremer, L.L., DeMaagd, N., Wada, C.A., Burnett, K.M., 2021. Priority watershed management areas for groundwater recharge and drinking water protection: a case study from Hawai‘i Island. Journal of Environmental Management 286, 111622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111622.

Engels, J., Watson, S., Dulai, H., Burnett, K.M., Wada, C.A., Aga, A., DeMaagd, N., McHugh, J., Sumida, B., Bremer, L.L., 2020. Collaborative research to support urban agriculture in the face of change: The case of the Sumida watercress farm on O‘ahu. PLOS ONE 15, e0235661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235661.

Burnett, K.M., Elshall, A.S., Wada, C.A., Arik, A., El-Kadi, A., Voss, C.I., Delevaux, J.M.S., Bremer, L.L., 2020. Incorporating Historical Spring Discharge Protection Into Sustainable Groundwater Management: A Case Study From Pearl Harbor Aquifer, Hawai‘i. Frontiers in Water 2, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2020.00014.

Elshall, A.S., Arik, A.D., El-Kadi, A.I., Pierce, S., Ye, M., Burnett, K.M., Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L., Chun, G., 2020. Groundwater sustainability: A review of the interactions between science and policy. Environmental Research Letters 15, 093004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8e8c.

Pongkijvorasin, S., Wada, C.A., Burnett, K.M., 2020. Optimal multi-instrument management of interrelated resources and a groundwater dependent ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Management 269, 110723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110723.

Endress, L.H., Roumasset, J.A., Wada, C.A., 2020. Do Natural Disasters Make Sustainable Growth Impossible? Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 4, 319-345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-019-00054-y.

Wada, C.A., Pongkijvorasin, S., Burnett, K.M., 2020. Mountain-to-sea ecological-resource management: forested watersheds, coastal aquifers, and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Resource and Energy Economics 59, 101146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2019.101146.

Bremer, L.L., Wada, C.A., Medoff, S., Page, J., Falinski, K., Burnett, K.M., 2019. Contributions of native forest protection to local water supplies in East Maui. Science of the Total Environment 688, 1422-1432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.220.

Taniguchi, M., Burnett, K.M., Shimada, J., Hosono, T., Wada, C.A., Ide, K., 2019. Recovery of Lost Nexus Synergy via Payment for Environmental Services in Kumamoto, Japan. Frontiers in Environmental Science 7, 28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00028.

Burnett, K.M., Ticktin, T., Bremer, L.L., Quazi, S.A., Geslani, C., Wada, C.A., Kurashima, N., Mandle, L., Pascua, P., Depraetere, T., Wolkis, D., Edmonds, M., Giambelluca, T., Falinski, K., Winter, K.B., 2019. Restoring to the future: Environmental, cultural, and management trade-offs in historical versus hybrid restoration of a highly modified ecosystem. Conservation Letters 12, e12606. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12606.

Bremer, L.L., Falinski, K., Ching, C., Wada, C.A., Burnett, K.M., Kukea-Shultz, K., Reppun, N., Chun, G., Oleson, K.L.L., Ticktin, T., 2018. Biocultural Restoration of Traditional Agriculture: Cultural, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes of Lo‘i Kalo Restoration in He‘eia, O‘ahu. Sustainability 10, 4502. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124502.

Burnett, K.M., Wada, C.A., Taniguchi, M., Sugimoto R., Tahara, D., 2018. Evaluating the Tradeoffs between Groundwater Pumping for Snow-Melting and Nearshore Fishery Productivity in Obama City, Japan. Water 10, 1556. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111556.

Leary, J., Mahnken, B., Wada, C., Burnett, K., 2018. Interpreting Life-History Traits of Miconia (Miconia calvescens) through Management over Space and Time in the East Maui Watershed, Hawaii (USA). Invasive Plant Science and Management 11, 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2018.26.

Bremer, L.L., Mandle, L., Trauernicht, C., Pascua, P., McMillen, H.L., Burnett, K., Wada, C.A., Kurashima, N., Quazi, S.A., Giambelluca, T., Chock, P., Ticktin, T., 2018. Bringing multiple values to the table: assessing future land-use and climate change in North Kona, Hawai‘i. Ecology and Society 23, 33. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09936-230133.

Pongkijvorasin, S., Burnett, K., Wada, C., 2018. Joint Management of an Interconnected Coastal Aquifer and Invasive Tree. Ecological Economics 146, 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.10.011.

Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L., Burnett, K., Trauernicht, C., Giambelluca, T., Mandle, L., Parsons, E., Weil, C., Kurashima, N., Ticktin, T., 2017. Estimating Cost-Effectiveness of Hawaiian Dry Forest Restoration Using Spatial Changes in Water Yield and Landscape Flammability Under Climate Change. Pacific Science 71, 401-424. https://doi.org/10.2984/71.4.2.

Burnett, K., Wada, C., Balderston, A., 2017. Benefit-cost analysis of watershed conservation on Hawai‘i Island. Ecological Economics 131, 262-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.013.

Burnett, K., Wada, C., Endo, A., Taniguchi, M., 2017. The economic value of groundwater in Obama. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 11, 44-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.10.002.

Endo, A., Burnett, K., Orencio, P.M., Kumazawa, T., Wada, C.A., Ishii, A., Tsurita, I., Taniguchi, M., 2015. Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Water 7, 5806-5830. https://doi.org/10.3390/w7105806.

Roumasset, J., Wada, C.A., 2015. Payments for Watershed Services as Adaptation to Climate Change: Upstream Conservation and Downstream Aquifer Management. Water Economics and Policy 1, 1450003. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X14500039.

Roumasset, J., Wada, C.A., 2014. Energy, Backstop Endogeneity, and the Optimal Use of Groundwater. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96, 1363-1371. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aau025.

Burnett, K., Wada, C.A., 2014. Optimal groundwater management when recharge is declining: a method for valuing the recharge benefits of watershed conservation. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 16, 263-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-014-0077-y.

Endress, L.H., Pongkijvorasin, S., Roumasset, J., Wada, C.A., 2014. Intergenerational equity with individual impatience in a model of optimal and sustainable growth. Resource and Energy Economics 36, 620-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.10.001.

Roumasset, J., Wada, C.A., 2013. A dynamic approach to PES pricing and finance of interlinked ecosystem services: Watershed conservation and groundwater management. Ecological Economics 87, 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.11.023.

Burnett, K., D’Evelyn, S., Loope, L., Wada, C.A., 2012. An economic approach to assessing import policies designed to prevent the arrival of invasive species: the case of Puccinia psidii in Hawai‘i. Environmental Science & Policy 19-20, 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.006.

Roumasset, J.A., Wada, C.A., 2012. Ordering the extraction of renewable resources: The case of multiple aquifers. Resource and Energy Economics 34, 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2011.10.003.

Roumasset, J.A., Wada, C.A., 2010. Optimal and Sustainable Groundwater Extraction. Sustainability 2, 2676-2685. https://doi.org/10.3390/su2082676.