Call for Paper: ERE Special Issue in Ecosystem and Human Health

Submission:
Deadline: October 15th, 2022
Submission instructions: https://www.springer.com/journal/10640/updates/20241632

The call for this Special Issue solicits empirical or theoretical economic analyses of the relationship between ecosystem change and human health. Some illustrative examples of the types of studies that fall within the scope of this section of the special issue are:

• Experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation of the causal impacts of ecosystem change or conservation policies on human health outcomes
• Integrated economic-biophysical modeling of the influence of ecosystem loss or fragmentation on disease risk
• Theoretical and/or empirical modeling of how averting behavior mediates or moderates impacts of ecosystem change on human health
• Nonmarket valuation of ecosystem services to human health using primary data and production function or defensive cost approaches
• Analysis of how differential exposure to environmental risks or capacity for averting behavior affects the distribution of health outcomes from ecosystem change

Within this scope, we particularly encourage studies that examine a variety of mental and physical health outcomes; consider nuanced characterizations of ecosystem loss or degradation; account for nonlinear relationships; and/or focus on diverse geographic regions.