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Seong-Hoon Cho

Professor | Agricultural and Resource Economics

Specialization: Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

Overview

Focus on coupled natural and human systems such as ecological and economic effectiveness of land conservation, land-use planning on rural-urban interface, valuation of green space for eco-friendly urbanization, management of urban sprawl, valuation of national forest visits, and relationships between land-use and climate changes.

Research Focus

Land conservation strategies for the protection of ecosystem services, e.g., exploring optimal spatial and temporal targeting of payments for forest-based ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

Research Questions
  • How can we promote the sustainability of agricultural and forest lands by encouraging policymakers to incorporate multiple uncertainties that affect both conservation benefits and costs when designing conservation subsidy programs?
Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 570 - Advanced Natural Resource Economics
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of natural resource allocation issues; applied welfare economics, external effects and evaluation of public policy.

Recommended Background: Calculus and intermediate microeconomics.

AREC 593 - Special Topics in Agricultural Economics
1 - 3 credit hours

Topics to be assigned.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Hughes, David | Chen, Ricky Xuqi | Larson, James Arlan | DeLong, Karen Lewis | Upendram, Sreedhar | Trejo-Pech, Carlos Jose Omar | Hellwinckel, Chad M | Martinez, Charles | Velandia, Margarita M | Smith, Aaron | Yu, Edward | Jensen, Kim | Muhammad, Andrew | Boyer, Chris | Rihn, Alicia L. | Yenerall, Jacqueline Nicole | Griffith, Andrew

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314 Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agriculture, General, Oregon State University, 2001
  • Masters, Economics, General, Oregon State University, 1996
  • BS, Economics, General, Radford University, 1994
Responsible Area(s)
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources

Seong-Hoon Cho

Professor | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Picture of Seong-Hoon Cho image
314 Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agriculture, General, Oregon State University, 2001
  • Masters, Economics, General, Oregon State University, 1996
  • BS, Economics, General, Radford University, 1994
Responsible Area(s)
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
Overview

Focus on coupled natural and human systems such as ecological and economic effectiveness of land conservation, land-use planning on rural-urban interface, valuation of green space for eco-friendly urbanization, management of urban sprawl, valuation of national forest visits, and relationships between land-use and climate changes.

Research Focus

Land conservation strategies for the protection of ecosystem services, e.g., exploring optimal spatial and temporal targeting of payments for forest-based ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

Research Questions
  • How can we promote the sustainability of agricultural and forest lands by encouraging policymakers to incorporate multiple uncertainties that affect both conservation benefits and costs when designing conservation subsidy programs?
Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 570 - Advanced Natural Resource Economics
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of natural resource allocation issues; applied welfare economics, external effects and evaluation of public policy.

Recommended Background: Calculus and intermediate microeconomics.

AREC 593 - Special Topics in Agricultural Economics
1 - 3 credit hours

Topics to be assigned.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Hughes, David | Chen, Ricky Xuqi | Larson, James Arlan | DeLong, Karen Lewis | Upendram, Sreedhar | Trejo-Pech, Carlos Jose Omar | Hellwinckel, Chad M | Martinez, Charles | Velandia, Margarita M | Smith, Aaron | Yu, Edward | Jensen, Kim | Muhammad, Andrew | Boyer, Chris | Rihn, Alicia L. | Yenerall, Jacqueline Nicole | Griffith, Andrew