Agricultural Best Management Practices

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Economic Incentives to Enhance Riparian Buffer Adoption and Environmental Benefits for Water Quality and Carbon Sequestration"  David Newburn, Erik Lichtenberg, Young Kim, Derek Wietelman, and Haoluan Wang. University of Maryland, 2024. [Final report]  [Seminar presentation] 

Stormwater Management and Water Quality

 “Modeling Transaction Costs and Barriers for Household Adoption of Lawn Conversion Practices.” David Newburn, Robert Johnston, Tom Ndebele, Haoluan Wang, and Kelsey Brooks, Webinar panel at the Chesapeake Bay Trust Behavior Change Forum, 2022. [Webinar presentation, starting at 19:00 minutes]  [Presentation slides]  [Article summary] 

“Study Reveals Stream Restoration Trade-offs: Higher Environmental Benefits to be Had Where Homeowners are Less Willing to Pay” David Newburn, 2022. Article about environmental and economic benefits of stream restoration.

“Adoption of Household Stormwater Best Management Practices”. David Newburn, Anna Alberini, Amanda Rockler, and Alison Karp. University of Maryland Extension, 2013.

Farmland and Forest Conservation 

“Farmland and Forest Conservation” Webinar presentation at the Smart Growth @ 25 Webinar Series, 2022. Professor Newburn's presentation is from time mark 20:12 to 32:46.

“Farmland and Forest Conservation: Evaluating Successes and Failures for Smart Growth in Maryland and the United States.” David Newburn, Lori Lynch and Haoluan Wang. Presentation at the Maryland Land Conservation Conference, 2022.

“Maryland’s Forest Conservation Act and the Impact on Residential Development and Forest Cover Change in Rural Baltimore County”. David Newburn. AREC Research Brief, 2017.

"Downzoning for the Preservation of Agricultural and Forest Lands”. David Newburn. AREC Research Brief, 2017.

“Conservation Land-Use Policy Toolkit”. Rebecca Lewis, David Newburn, Kelsey Zlevor, and Gerrit Knaap. Chesapeake Bay Trust and National Center for Smart Growth, 2017, pp. 103.