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Oscar Melo


Oscar Melo

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Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2007.
M.Sc. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2001.
Ingeniero Agrónomo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 1994.

Área de Desarrollo
Demanda alimentos – certificaciones – comercio - regulación, Economía del agua y del cambio climático, Valoración económica ambiental

2022 Integrating drought monitoring and public policy design towards the proactive management of drought. ANID FSEQ210018. Concurso Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía. Investigador Principal.
2022-2023 Consorcio Tecnológico del Agua CoTH20 Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos, Código 20CTECGH-145896. CORFO. Coinvestigador
2021-2024 Exploration of robust water security pathways in a semi-arid coastal basin: A transdisciplinary perspective. Fondecyt Interdisciplina 1211846. Coinvestigador.
2018-2021 NEXus Thinking for sustainable AGricultural development in Andean countries (NEXT-AG). Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call. NER0157591. Coinvestigador Principal.
2018-2021. Centro para el Impacto Socioeconómico de las Políticas Ambientales Nucleo Milenio. Coinvestigador.
2018-2021. From individualism to collective action for water resources conservation: its impacts and implications. Fondecyt 1180556. Coinvestigador.
2017-2019. Development of a planning tool for sustainable hydropower and irrigation through conservation and restoration of fluvial ecosystems.. UC VRI INTERDISCIPLINA II160036. Coordinador.
2017-2019 “Climate change adaptation in regulated water utilities” Fondecyt 1171133. Coinvestigador.
2013-2016. The development of a hedonic model of farmland values: An application to Chilean agriculture and the potential impacts of climate change. Fondecyt 1130540. Coinvestigador.

  • (2025) - To increase or not to increase? The impact of terrestrial protected areas on tree cover and the risk of species extinction. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125386. Ver publicación
  • (2025) - Contingent Agreements to Reduce the Impacts of Droughts on Human Water Consumption. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85040-0_16. Ver publicación
  • (2025) - Desalinization in Times of Drought. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85040-0_18. Ver publicación
  • (2025) - Evaluation of Multipurpose Reservoir Operating Policies at Basin and Electric Power System Scale. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85040-0_19. Ver publicación
  • (2024) - Evaluation of Multipurpose Reservoir Operating Policies at Basin and Electric Power System Scales. DOI: 10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6349. Ver publicación
  • (2024) - The 2023 Latin America report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development. DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100746. Ver publicación
  • (2023) - Adaptation to Climate Change in Basins within the Context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. DOI: 10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-5566. Ver publicación
  • (2023) - Projections of Beach Erosion and Associated Costs in Chile. DOI: 10.3390/su15075883. Ver publicación
  • (2022) - Impacts in ports on a tectonically active coast for climate-driven projections under the RCP 8.5 scenario: 7 Chilean ports under scrutiny. DOI: 10.1080/21664250.2022.2088194. Ver publicación
  • (2022) - A novel modelling toolkit for unpacking the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus of agricultural development. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112182. Ver publicación
  • (2022) - Assessing tradeoffs in the design of climate change adaptation strategies for water utilities in Chile. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114035. Ver publicación
  • (2021) - Governing Water Resource Allocation: Water User Association Characteristics and the Role of the State. DOI: 10.3390/w13172436. Ver publicación
  • (2021) - Agricultural and Forestry Land and Labor Use under Long-Term Climate Change in Chile. DOI: 10.3390/atmos12030305. Ver publicación
  • (2020) - Compensating Water Service Interruptions to Implement a Safe-to-Fail Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Water Supply. DOI: 10.3390/w12061540. Ver publicación
  • (2019) - Ten principles to integrate the water-energy-land nexus with climate services for co-producing local and regional integrated assessments. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133662
  • (2019) - Economic development and residential water consumption in Chile. DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X18000463. Ver publicación
  • (2019) - Irrigation of green spaces and residential gardens in a Mediterranean metropolis: Gaps and opportunities for climate change adaptation. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.10.006
  • (2019) - Valuation of observable attributes in differentiated beef products in Chile using the hedonic price method. DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107881
  • (2018) - Water option contracts for climate change adaptation in Santiago, Chile. DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1416444. Ver publicación
  • (2018) - Public opinion towards castration without anaesthesia and lack of access to pasture in beef cattle production. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190671
  • (2016) - Geographic disparities in rural land appreciation in a transforming economy: Chile, 1980 to 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.06.025
  • (2016) - Right-to-Choose Auctions: A Field Study of Water Markets in the Limari Valley of Chile. DOI: 10.1017/s1068280500007255
  • (2016) - Telecoupling Between Catch, Farming, and International Trade for the GastropodsConcholepas concholepas(Loco) andHaliotisspp. (Abalone). DOI: 10.2983/035.035.0223
  • (2014) - Irrigation infrastructure development in the Limarí Basin in Central Chile: implications for adaptation to climate variability and climate change. DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.945068
  • (2014) - Estimating Water Rights Demand and Supply: Are Non-market Factors Important?. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0739-3
  • (2014) - Restoring environmental flow: buy-back costs and pollution-dilution as a compliance with water quality standards. DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.091
  • (2014) - Do Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Quality-related Standards Affect International Trade? Evidence from Chilean Fruit Exports. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.005