David J Vail
Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics
Spring 2007
- Sustaining Maine's Northern Forest: Economy, Ecology and Community (ECON 016)
| Phone | (207) 725-3596 |
| Title | Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics |
| Department | ECONOMICS |
| Work Location | 108 Hubbard Hall |
| dvail@bowdoin.edu |
David Vail, Adams-Catlin Professor, was trained in international affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and received a PhD in economics from Yale. In the 1970s, he split his time between Bowdoin and several East African countries, where he was an advisor on agriculture and appropriate technology. More recently, his research has focused on sustainable rural development and the role of natural resource industries -- agriculture, forestry and tourism -- in New England and Scandinavia. Recent publications include a book co-authored with two Swedish colleagues, The Greening of Agricultural Policy in Industrial Societies, a monograph, Tourism and Maine's Future, and an article, "Property Rights and Sustainable Nature Tourism."
David travels frequently to Sweden, where he has been a visiting scholar
at the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences). His current research with Swedish colleagues centers on nature
tourism and sustainable rural development. He is a founder and board member
of Stockholm University's Swedish Program for American undergraduates.
In Maine, David has served in 2002-04 on the Legislature's Tax Reform Advisory Commission, the Governor's steering committee for the Blaine House Conference on Natural Resource Industries, and the Maine Tourism Commission's Natural Resources Committee. He is a board member of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Maine Center for Economic Policy and advises the Maine Mountains Heritage Network and the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. He is a founding member of the Maine Sustainable Development Working Group and edits its Sustain Maine op-ed series for the Times Record newspaper.
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Sustain Maine Op-Ed Articles
Sustain Maine' Reaches Milestone. December 2005
Land for Maine's Future - Vote 'Yes on 5'. Ocotber 2005
Spreading Prosperity to the 'Other Maine'. July 2005
Keeping Land in Trust: Crystal Spring Farm and Beyond. March 2005
Four More Years' - Long Lasting Impacts. December 2004
Sustaining
Maine's Lobster Fishery: Less May Be More. July 2004
Lady Slippers,
Ospreys, and November 2004. May 2004
Of Deception, War and Sustainable Energy Futures. December 2003
Work and
Well-Being We
are what we do. October 2003. October 2003
Ecotourism and
Sustainable Development:
Maine Initiatives and Swedish Lessons.
June 2003
War in Iraq and Sustainable Development
at Home. March 2003
Cultural Heritage and Sustainable
Development:
A Story from Maine's Mountain Region. December 2002
Maine's Tax and
Spending Priorities:
A Sustainable Development Perspective. October 2002
Slouching Toward
Johnannesburg. August 2002
Slowing Down the Work
and Consume Treadmill. June 2002
From Piecemeal
Environmental Policies to Green Plans. January
2002
Sustaining
the Many Values of Maine's Forests. August 2001
Tourism
and Sustainable Development in Vacationland. June 2001
Donella Meadows'
Legacy to Maine. May 2001