Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

Vicarelli, Marta, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Anamaria Georgescu. (2024) “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Haiti, India, Indonesia and Uganda: Cost-Benefit and Equity Analysis” (revise and resubmit) Journal of Nature Based Solutions.

Vicarelli, Marta, Robert DeConto, Darci Connor Maresca, Yu Ya Htut Tin*, Madeline Leue*, Aryen Shrestha*, Mathew Barlow, Camille Barshers, Andy Danylchuk, Robert Darst, Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, John Duff, Gavin Fay, Jill Fitzimmons, James Heiss, Kelly Hellman, Paul Kirshen, Katherine Kahl, Elizabeth Infield, Stratton Lloyd, Sheree Pagsuyoin, Meredith Rolfe, Eric Thomas, Iren Valova (2023) “Climate Resilience in Coastal Massachusetts: A Survey of Municipal Challenges, Plans, and Needs”, MassBenchmarks. Volume 25, Issue 2 (Vicarelli lead author). https://donahue.umass.edu/business-groups/economic-public-policy-research/massbenchmarks/massbenchmarks-journal-2023-v25i2

Aguilar Arturo and Marta Vicarelli (2022) "El Niño and children: Medium-term effects of early-life weather shocks on cognitive and health outcomes", World Development, Volume 150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105690 (equal co-authorship, alphabetical order)

Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Arce-Mojica,T., Boehmer, H.J., Doswald, N., Emerton, L., Friess, D.A., Galvin, S., Hagenlocher, M., James, H., Laban, P., Lacambra, C., Lange, W., McAdoo, B.G., Moos, C., Mysiak, J., Narvaez, L., Nehren, U., Peduzzi, P1., Renaud, F.G., Sandholz, S., Schreyers, L., Sebesvari, Z., Tom, T., Triyanti, A., van Eijk, P., van Staveren, M., Vicarelli, M., Walz, Y. (2021) "Scientific evidence for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction." Nature Sustainability: 1-8. (Sudmeier-Rieux was corresponding author; equal co-authorship for all listed co-authors).

Vicarelli, Marta, Rohini Kamal*, and Maria Fernandez*. (2016) “Developing a Framework for the Financial assessment of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions.” In Renaud, F., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Estrella, M. and U. Nehren Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation: Linking science, policy and practice. New York, NY: Springer.

Alexander, C., N. Bynum, V. Ford, L. Johnson, U. King, T. Mustonen, P. Neofotis, N. Oettle, C. Rosenzweig, C. Sakakibara, C. V. Shadrin, M. Vicarelli. J. Waterhouse, E. Wiegandt (2011) “Linking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change” Bioscience, Vol. 61, n. 6. (equal co-authorship in alphabetical order).

Rosenzweig, C., D. Karoly, M. Vicarelli, P. Neofotis, Q. Wu, G. Casassa, A. Menzel, T.L. Root, N. Estrella, B. Seguin, P. Tryjanowski, C. Liu, S. Rawlins, and A. Imeson. (2008). “Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change.” Nature, 453, 353-357.

Contributing author to IPCC, 2007. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, and P.J. van der Linden, Eds.] Cambridge University Press, pp. 79-131.

Peer-reviewed Publications under Review

(*) indicates student co-author

Vicarelli, Marta, Karen Sudmeyer, Ali Alsadadi*, Michael Kang*, Madeline Leue*, Simon Schutze*, Aryen Shrestha*, and David Wasielewski*, Jaroslav Mysiak, Shannon McAndrew*, Michael Marr*, Miranda Vance*. “On Cost-effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions for Reducing Disaster Risk” (under review) Science of the Total Environment.

Lisa Hartmann, David Clelland, Natalina Esquivel Rodriguez, Fabrice Renaud, Marta Vicarelli, Yvonne Waltz “A review of global scientific evidence of post COVID-19 green recovery policies and outcomes on the Blue Economy” (alphabetical order after corresponding author) submitted to Environmental Science and Policy.

Working Papers and Volumes in Series

Aguilar, Arturo and Marta Vicarelli (2018) Impacts of Climate and Weather Factors on Human Capital Development. World Bank. (equal co-authorship, alphabetical order)

Marisol, Estrella, Guillén Tania, Lange Wolfram, Lomarda Mila, Aris Muh, Nehren Udo, Sandholz Simone, Sudmeier-Rieux Karen, and Vicarelli Marta (2014) The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Case Study and Exercise Source Book. PEDRR Ecosystems for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Center for Natural Resources and Development, 101 pp. (equal co-authorship)

Marisol, Estrella, Guillén Tania, Lange Wolfram, Lomarda Mila, Aris Muh, Nehren Udo, Sandholz Simone, Sudmeier-Rieux Karen, and Vicarelli Marta (2014). 生態系を活用した災害リスク軽減ケーススタディと演習ソースブック. (The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Case Study and Exercise Source Book [Japanese translation]). PEDRR Ecosystems for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan) and Center for Natural Resources and Development. (equal co-authorship)

Vicarelli, Marta (2010) Exogenous Income Shocks and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Rural Mexico. Harvard Center for International Development.

Vicarelli, Marta, Alessandra Giannini and Dan Osgood. “Is ENSO an Opportunity? Climate Variability Forecasts and Rainfall Insurance in Eastern and Southern Africa.” (International Institute for Climate and Society, IRI, Columbia University.)

Reports to Public Agencies, International Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations

Vicarelli, Marta, Ajay Dawani, Emily Laus, Nihal Warawdekar. “Community Choice Electricity Programs: a Survey of Massachusetts Municipalities”. (2023). School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA.

Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Haiti: a Cost-Benefit and Equity Analysis”. (2022) School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Published on the United Nations Environment Programme website.

Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in India: a Cost-Benefit and Equity Analysis”. (2022) School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Published on the United Nations Environment Programme website.

Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Indonesia: a Cost-Benefit and Equity Analysis”. (2022) School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Published on the United Nations Environment Programme website.

Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Uganda: a Cost-Benefit and Equity Analysis”. (2022) School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Published on the United Nations Environment Programme website.

Vicarelli, Marta, Ali Alsadadi, Meredith Canada, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Anna Gishin, Madeline Leue, Elizabeth Murphy, Aryen Shrestha, Yash Tyagi. 2022. “Impacts of COVID-19 on Massachusetts Households: a Survey Analysis.” School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Report in partnership with the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, the Women’s Fund of Boston, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

Vicarelli, Marta, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Madeline Leue, Aryen Shrestha, Mathew Barlow, Darci Connor Maresca, Andy Danylchuk, Robert Darst, Robert DeConto, Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, John Duff, Gavin Fay, Jill Fitzimmons, James Heiss, Kelly Hellman, Katherine Kahl, Stratton Lloyd, Sheree Pagsuyoin, Meredith Rolfe, Eric Thomas, Iren Valova, 2021. “Climate Resilience: a Survey of Massachusetts Municipalities” University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. (Covered in the Boston Globe).

Vicarelli, Marta, Meredith Canada, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Anna Gishin, Madeline Leue, Elizabeth Murphy, Aryen Shrestha, Yash Tyagi. 2021. “Impacts of COVID-19 on Vermont Households: a Survey Analysis.” School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA. Report to the Vermont Commission on Women.

Vicarelli, Marta, A. Gishin, Y. Htut Tin, M. Leue, E. Murphy, G. Plouffe. 2021 "Impacts of Covid-19 and Recovery Strategies: a Survey of Massachusetts Municipalities". School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. In partnership with the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

Contributing author to Index Insurance and Climate Risk: Prospects for Development and Disaster Management. [Hellmuth, M., Osgood, D., Hess, U., Moorhead, A. and H. Bhojwani Eds.]. 2009. Climate and Society No. 2. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA.

Giannini, Alessandra, J. Hansen, E. Holthaus, A. Ines, Y. Kaheil, K. Karnauskas, M. McLaurin, D. Osgood, A. Robertson, K. Shirley, M. Vicarelli. 2009. Designing Index-Based Weather Insurance for Farmers in Central America. Report to the World Bank Commodity Risk Management Group, ARD. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. IRI Technical Report 09–01. (equal co-authorship in alphabetical order)

Dinku, Tufa, A. Giannini, J. Hansen, E. Holthaus, A. Ines, Y. Kaheil, K. Karnauskas, B. Lyon, M. Madajewicz, M. Mclaurin, C. Mullally, N. Norton, D. Osgood, N. Peterson, A. Robertson, K. Shirley C. Small, M. Vicarelli. 2009. Designing Index-Based Weather Insurance for Farmers in Adi Ha, Ethiopia. Report to OXFAM America. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. IRI Technical Report 09–04. (equal co-authorship in alphabetical order)

Rosenzweig, Cynthia, X.B. Yang, P. Anderson, P. Epstein, and M. Vicarelli, 2005: Agriculture: Climate change, crop pests and diseases. In Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions. P. Epstein and E. Mills, Eds., The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, pp. 70-77

M. Glachant Matthieu, M.Vicarelli and F. Vincent. 2004. Politiques d'Environnement et Management Environnemental: Une Enquête OCDE sur 300 Établissements Industriels Français. Report financed by the ADEME (French Ministry of the Ecology and Sustainable Development), in collaboration with the OECD, Environment Directorate.

Work in Progress

Vicarelli, Marta, Ajay Dawani, Emily Laus, Nihal Warawdekar, “Energy Aggregation Programs in Massachusetts Municipalities: Savings and Renewable Energy Demand.”

Vicarelli, Marta, Rob de Conto, Ambarish Kermalkar, Simon Schutze, Aryen Shrestha “Climate change and coastal Resilience in Massachusetts: a Municipal survey on Impacts and Strategies” (*) Link to Project

Vicarelli, Marta, David Clelland, Natalina Esquivel Rodriguez, Lisa Hartmann, Fabrice Renaud, Yvonne Waltz “Blue Economy, coastal resilience and post COVID-19 green recovery strategies: evidence from socio-economic surveys in Costa Rica, Germany, Scotland, and New England (US)” (* add list of participating institutions)

Vicarelli, Marta, Eleni Christofa, Camille Barchers, Chengbo Ai, Michael Knodler, “Climate change and transportation in New England: impacts and resilience strategies.” (* product of seed grant*)

Lisa Hartmann, David Clelland, Natalina Esquivel Rodriguez, Fabrice Renaud, Vicarelli, Marta, Yvonne Waltz “A review of global scientific evidence of post COVID-19 green recovery policies and outcomes on the Blue Economy.” (alphabetical order after corresponding author) (* add list of participating institutions)

Vicarelli, Marta, Suad Abukamla, Matt Brodeur, Megan Devoe, Heriberto Godoy, Magnolia Hamzeloee, Brendan Moran, Simon Schütze, Madison Trepanier, Hnin Wuit Yee Kyaw. Nature-based Solutions: differences in perception and implementation across disciplines. Link to Project

Vicarelli, Marta, Ali Alsadadi, Meredith Canada, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Anna Gishin, Madeline Leue, Elizabeth Murphy, Aryen Shrestha, Yash Tyagi. “Impacts of COVID-19 on US Households: a Survey Analysis.”

Vicarelli, Marta, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Dhiroj Koirala, Sanjay Devkota, Maria Fernandez and Trista Ristvedt. Nature Based Solutions applied to road infrastructure in Nepal, a vehicle for development. Link to Project

Vicarelli, M., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Leibundgut, G., Kuo-Dahab, C, M. Fernandez, Devkota, S. Adhikari, A. and M. Jaboyedoff. Sustainable Infrastructure in Nepal: Cost Benefit Analysis of Green Roads versus Grey Roads.

Vicarelli, Marta and Monica Colunga. Education and Sustainable Development: Evidence from Chiapas, Mexico.

Vicarelli, Marta and Miriam Kaplan. Willingness to pay for green buildings: a review of the existing literature.

Vicarelli, Marta and Miriam Kaplan. Impacts of green buildings on health and productivity.

Presentations and Multi-media Publications

Vicarelli, M., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Alsadadi, A., Kang, M., Leue, M., Schütze, S., Shrestha, A., Steciuk, E., Wasielewski, D., Mysiak, J., McAndrew, S., Marr, M., and Vance, M. Economic benefits of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and ecosystem-based climate change adaptation: a global review, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-9646, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9646, 2023.

Vicarelli, Marta “Economic Valuation Techniques for Nature-based Solutions”, invited lecture, United Nations University, Bonn, Germany 2023.

Vicarelli, Marta “Nature and Insurance: economic valuation techniques and the nexus between nature and insurance”, invited lecture, Duke University, 2023.

Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience Interventions: Cost-Benefit and Equity Assessment” Universita` Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy. 2022

Global Webinar organized by the United Nations Environment Programme in partnership with Partners for Resilience and the European Commission Webinar: Up-Scaling Community Resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win. “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience Interventions: Cost-Benefit and Equity Assessment” (time stamp: 1:35:14). 2022 (more than 2800 viewers)

Vicarelli, M., Kang, M., Leue, M., Shrestha, A., Wasielewski, D., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Mysiak, J., Schütze, S., Marr, M., McAndrew, S., and Vance, M.: “Scientific evidence of the economic benefits of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and ecosystem-based climate change adaptation”, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-13010, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13010, 2022.

Vicarelli, Marta, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Madeline Leue, Aryen Shrestha, Mathew Barlow, Darci Connor Maresca, Andy Danylchuk, Robert Darst, Robert DeConto, Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, John Duff, Gavin Fay, Jill Fitzimmons, James Heiss, Kelly Hellman, Katherine Kahl, Stratton Lloyd, Sheree Pagsuyoin, Meredith Rolfe, Eric Thomas, Iren Valova, 2021. “Climate Resilience: a Survey of Massachusetts Municipalities” Flood Knowledge Summit - United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2022.

Short documentary produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR): Global: Upscaling community resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Credits: Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win, 2022

Short documentary produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR): Haiti: Upscaling community resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Credits: Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win, 2022

Short documentary produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR): India: Upscaling community resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Credits: Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win, 2022

Short documentary produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR): Indonesia: Upscaling community resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Credits: Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win, 2022

Short documentary produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR):Uganda: Upscaling community resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) Credits: Vicarelli, Marta, Anamaria Georgescu, Kerry Judge, Asiel Arroyo, Htike Htike Aung, Jennifer Nelson, Jessica Mooring, Nujhat Purnata, Yin Yin Win, 2022

Vicarelli, Marta, Ali Alsadadi, Meredith Canada, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Anna Gishin, Madeline Leue, Elizabeth Murphy, Aryen Shrestha, Yash Tyagi. “Impacts of COVID-19 on Massachusetts Household: a Survey Analysis.” Seminar organized by the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts.

Vicarelli, Marta “Economic Valuation Techniques for Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction”, invited lecture, United Nations University, Bonn, Germany, 2022.

Vicarelli, Marta, Ali Alsadadi, Meredith Canada, Yu Ya Htut Tin, Anna Gishin, Madeline Leue, Elizabeth Murphy, Aryen Shrestha, Yash Tyagi. “Impacts of COVID-19 on Women in Massachusetts: a Survey Analysis.” Presentation to the Massachusetts Municipal Association Human Services Council’s first meeting of the year, Boston, 2022.

Vicarelli, M., Sudmeier-Rieux, K., Koirala, D., and Devkota, S.: “Nature Based Solutions applied to road infrastructure in Nepal, a vehicle for development”, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-6973, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6973, 2021.

Vicarelli, M. and Nagabhatla, N.: “Differences in Nature Based Solutions perception and implementation strategies across academic disciplines, an empirical analysis”, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-3767, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3767, 2021.

Vicarelli, M. and A. Aguilar “El Nino and Mexican children: Medium-term effects of early-life weather shocks on cognitive and health outcomes”. Our Common Future Under Climate Change International Conference UNESCO and University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. 2015

Aguilar, A. and M. Vicarelli, “El Nino and Mexican children: Medium-term effects of early-life weather shocks on cognitive and health outcomes”. Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) 2011 Conference, Yale University, New Haven, USA.

Vicarelli, M., D. Osgood, A. Giannini “Integrating interannual climate variability forecasts into weather-indexed crop insurance. The case of Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania”. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 2009. San Francisco, USA.

Marchitto T. M., S. J. Lehman, J. D. Ortiz, J.D. Carraquiry, A. Sanchez, W. Dean, Y. Zheng, Levi C., M. Vicarelli, and A. van Geen. “ENSO dynamics and Baja California oxygen minimum zone strength since the Last Glaciation”. 8th. International Conference on Paleoceanography. September 2004. Biarritz, France.

Marchitto T. M., S. J. Lehman, J. D. Ortiz, J.D. Carraquiry, A. Sanchez, W. Dean, Y. Zheng, Levi C., M. Vicarelli, and A. van Geen. “ENSO dynamics and Baja California oxygen minimum zone strength since the Last Glaciation”. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 2004. Denver, USA.

Marchitto, T., M. Vicarelli, J. Carriquiry, A. Sanchez, W. Dean, J. Ortiz, Y. Zheng and A. van Geen. “Ventilation influence on Baja California oxygen minimum zone strength since the LGM: constraints from benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca” [paper# 55838]. The XVI International Quaternary Association (INQUA) Congress. July 2003. Reno, Nevada USA.

Marchitto, Thomas, Scott Lehman, Joseph Ortiz, Jose Carriquiry, Alberto Sanchez, Walter Dean, Yan Zheng, Camille Levi, Marta Vicarelli, and Alexander Van Geen. "Enso Dynamics And Baja California Oxygen Minimum Zone Strength Since The Last Glaciation." Geological Society of America 2004 Denver Annual Meeting, 2004.