Richard B. Howarth Pat and John Rosenwald Professor, Dartmouth College Editor-in-Chief, Ecological Economics
Courses CV Contact Information ENVS Homepage	Rich Howarth is an economist who studies the theory of environmental policy analysis with applications to topics such as energy use, climate change, and ecological conservation. His research and teaching emphasize themes that include: · The role of discounting, sustainability, and intergenerational fairness in evaluating long-term environmental policies. · Mathematical models of the relationship between economic growth, the natural environment, and human well-being. · The interplay between economics and ethics in valuing and managing environmental resources. · The role of public policies in promoting energy efficiency and the adoption of “clean” energy technologies. Professor Howarth graduated summa cum laude from the Biology and Society Program at Cornell University (A.B., 1985) and holds an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Land Resources, 1987). He earned his Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Program at the University of California at Berkeley (1990), where he worked closely with Richard B. Norgaard. Before joining Dartmouth’s faculty in 1998, Professor Howarth held positions at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1990-1993) and the University of California at Santa Cruz (1993-1998). A native of northern New England, Professor Howarth lives in Hanover Center, New Hampshire. His interests include outdoor activities, cooking, Scandinavian culture, and folk and classical music. Current Courses ENVS 3: Environment and Society Offered Spring 2008 in the 12 hour An examination of the human sources of a variety of environmental problems and of human responses to environmental problems at the local, national, and international levels. The course will describe the actors in controversies over these problems and the institutions and rules which have so far been created to deal with the issues. The course will then proceed to the question: Will those current institutions and laws, originally devised to deal with the pollution of our natural environment, be able to resolve the more fundamental issues arising out of the increasing conflicts over land use, energy, food, and growth? Faculty from a number of different disciplines will participate. Dist: SOC. View last year’s syllabus. ENVS/ECON 55: Natural Resource and Ecological Economics Offered Winter 2008 in the 10 hour This course examines the use of economic concepts and methods in the management of natural resources and ecological systems. Topics including welfare economics, common pool resources, nonmarket valuation, and discounting procedures are developed and applied to problems such as fisheries management, forest management, and biodiversity conservation. The course explores the links between economic growth, resource depletion, and global environmental change and the use of economic and ecological indicators in measuring and achieving sustainable development. Emphasis is placed on both the disciplinary aspects of economic analysis and the role of economics in interdisciplinary problem-solving. Prerequisites: Economics 1 and Environmental Studies 2 or 3. Dist: SOC. View last year’s syllabus. Contact Information Richard B. Howarth Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College HB 6182, 113 Steele Hall Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, U.S.A. +1-603-646-2752 (voice) +1-603-646-1682 (fax) E-mail