Publications

A full list of publications can also be found on Google Scholar. Data and code related to these publications can be found on FigShare and Zenodo.

peer-reviewed PUBLICATIONS

Lockwood, J., M. Oppenheimer, N. Lin, and J. Gourevitch. (2024) Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in flood adaptation measures: A cost-benefit approach in New York City. Environmental Research Letters 19. Link

Gourevitch, J. and N. Pinter. (2023) Federal incentives for community-level climate adaptation: An evaluation of FEMA’s Community Rating System. Environmental Research Letters 18. Link

Shu, E., J. Porter, M. Hauer, S. Sandoval Olascoaga, J. Gourevitch, B. Wilson, M. Pope, D. Melecio-Vazquez, and E. Kearns. (2023) Integrating climate change induced flood risk into future population projections. Nature Communications 14.

Gourevitch, J., R. Diehl, B. Wemple, and T. Ricketts. (2022) Inequities in the distribution of flood risk under floodplain restoration and climate change scenarios. People and Nature 3. PDF | Press Release | WCAX Story

Kanter, D., C. Wagner-Riddle, P. Groffman, J. Baron, J. Compton, E. Davidson, J. Galloway, J. Gourevitch, B. Keeler, S. Ogle, H. Pearen, K. Rennert, M. Saifuddin, D. Sobota, G. Wagner, and H. van Grinsven. (2021) Improving the social cost of nitrous oxide. Nature Climate Change 11. Link

Gourevitch, J., A. Alonso-Rodríguez, N. Aristizábal, L. de Wit, E. Kinnebrew, C. Littlefield, M. Moore, C. Nicholson, A. Schwartz, and T. Ricketts. (2021) Projected losses of ecosystem services in the US disproportionately affect non-white and lower-income populations. Nature Communications 12. PDF | Press Release | VPR Story

Gourevitch, J., C. Koliba, D. Rizzo, A. Zia, and T. Ricketts. (2021) Quantifying the social benefits and costs of reductions in phosphorus pollution under climate change. Journal of Environmental Management 293. PDF | Press Release | WCAX Story

Diehl, R., J. Gourevitch, S. Drago, and B. Wemple. (2021) Improving flood risk datasets using a low-complexity, probabilistic floodplain mapping approach. PLoS One 16.

Mandle, L., A. Shields-Estrada, R. Chaplin-Kramer, M. Mitchell, L. Bremer, J. Gourevitch, P. Hawthorne, J. Johnson, B. Robinson, J. Smith, L. Sonter, G. Verutes, A. Vogl, G. Daily, and T. Ricketts. (2020) Increasing decision relevance of ecosystem service science. Nature Sustainability.

Gourevitch, J., N. Singh, J. Minot, K. Raub, D. Rizzo, B. Wemple, and T. Ricketts. (2020) Spatial targeting of floodplain restoration to equitably mitigate flood risk. Global Environmental Change 61. PDF

Singh, N., J. Gourevitch, B. Wemple, K. Watson, D. Rizzo, S. Polasky, and T. Ricketts. (2019) Optimizing wetland restoration to minimize phosphorus loading at a regional scale. Environmental Research Letters 14. PDF

Thom, D., M. Golivets, L. Edling, G. Meigs, J. Gourevitch, L. Sonter, G. Galford, and W. Keeton. (2019) The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness co-varies with forest age in boreal-temperate North America. Global Change Biology 25.

Keeler, B., B. Dalzell, J. Gourevitch, P. Hawthorne, K. Johnson, and R. Noe. (2019) Putting people on the map improves the prioritization of ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17.

Gourevitch, J., B. Keeler, and T. Ricketts. (2018) Determining socially optimal rates of nitrogen fertilizer application. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 254. PDF

Sonter, L., J. Gourevitch, I. Koh, C. Nicholson, L. Richardson, A. Schwartz, N. Singh, K. Watson, M. Maron, and T. Ricketts. (2018) Biodiversity offsets may miss opportunities to mitigate impacts on ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16.

Gourevitch, J., P. Hawthorne, B. Keeler, C. Beatty, M. Greve, and M. Verdone (2016) Optimizing investments in national-scale forest landscape restoration in Uganda to maximize multiple benefits. Environmental Research Letters 11. PDF

Keeler, B., J. Gourevitch, S. Polasky, F. Isbell, C. Tessum, J. Hill, and J. Marshall (2016) The social costs of nitrogen. Science Advances 2. PDF

Johnson, K., B. Dalzell, M. Donahue, J. Gourevitch, D. Johnson, G. Karlovits, B. Keeler, and J. Smith (2016) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands in Iowa, USA provide ecosystem service benefits that exceed land rental costs. Ecosystem Services 18. PDF

OTHER WRITING & Publications

Burley, T., Gourevitch, J., and Kousky, C. (2024) Comments on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Request for Information on the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System Redesign Effort.

Gourevitch, J. (2024) What Climate-related Financial Risk Means for Communities: Part 2 – Housing & Mortgage Markets. Published as a blog post on the Environmental Defense Fund’s Market Forces blog series.

Gourevitch, J. (2024) Our Nation’s wetlands are at risk. So is our ability to manage flooding. Published as a blog post on the Environmental Defense Fund’s Growing Returns blog series.

Gourevitch, J. and N. Snider (2023) Comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s Proposed Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost Analysis. Submitted as a public comment to the Office of Management and Budget.

Gourevitch, J., M. Kline, L. Oates, and B. Wemple (2023) Vermont needs flood solutions tailored to its landscapes. Published as an op-ed in VTDigger.

Gourevitch, J., J. Proville, and R. Winn (2023) Comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s Proposed Updates to Circular A-4. Submitted as a public comment to the Office of Management and Budget.

Weill, J. and Gourevitch, J. (2023) Flood risks are insufficiently priced in housing markets but better pricing would leave some worse off. Published as a Research Briefing in Nature Climate Change.

Posner, S., Alonso-Rodriguez, A., Bloomfield, L., Estifanos, T., Gourevitch, J., Littlefield, C., Mazurowski, J., Menice, K., Moore, M., Nicholson, C., Sands, B., Spencer, L., Treuer, T., Ricketts, T., Warnell, K., Mason, S., Karasik, R., and Olander, L. (2023) Assessing the effects of management activities on biodiversity, carbon storage, and equity on public and private lands and waters in the U.S. Report submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Miller, R., J. Gourevitch, P. Hansen, and N. Pinter (2022) Risk Rating 2.0: What FEMA’s new flood insurance system means for California homeowners. Report submitted to the California Department of Water Resources.

Gourevitch, J. and N. Pinter (2022) FEMA’s Community Rating System: Worth the effort? Blog post published by the Wharton Risk Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Gourevitch, J. (2021) Evaluating the distributional equity of ecosystem services under land use and climate change scenarios. Dissertation submitted to the Graduate College at the University of Vermont.

Gourevitch, J. (2020) Natural Capital Accounting in Uganda. Report submitted to the World Bank WAVES Partnership.

Gould, R. K., T. Ricketts, R. Howarth, S. Telle, T. Gladkikh, S. Posner, J. Gourevitch, and Y. Yoshida (2020) How ecosystem service research can advance ecological economics principles. Book chapter in Sustainable Wellbeing Futures: A Research and Action Agenda for Ecological Economics.

Hammond Wagner, C., J. Gourevitch, K. Horner, E. Kinnebrew, B. Maden, E. Recchia, A. White, A. Wiegman, T. Ricketts, and E. Roy (2019) Payment for Ecosystem Services for Vermont. Published as an Issue Paper by the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.

Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont (2019) Nature-Based Solutions for Vermont: Strategic Conservation to Reduce Flood Risk and Water Pollution. Policy Brief. Report submitted to The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Chapter.

Hawthorne, P., J. Gourevitch, and B. Keeler (2015) Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT). User's guide and software submitted to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Keeler, B. and J. Gourevitch (2014) Estimating the external costs of nitrogen fertilizer in Minnesota. Report submitted to the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.