Maria Claudia Lopez

Maria Claudia Lopez

Michigan State University

H-index: 21

North America-United States

About Maria Claudia Lopez

Maria Claudia Lopez, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Michigan State University, specializes in the field of economist, specializing in natural resources and environmental economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Technology adoption and weed emergence dynamics: social ecological modeling for maize-legume systems across Africa

Spatial injustice to energy access in the shadow of hydropower in Brazil

Dams are old and abandoned, are people concerned? Risk perceptions from Michigan, USA

Impacts of hydropower development on locals’ livelihoods in the Global South

Analyzing group communication dynamics and content in a common-pool resource experiment

An alternative approach to create and deploy discrete choice experiments

Large hydropower projects increase stress despite compensation efforts: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

Local Climate Action Planning toward Larger Impact: Enhancing a Park System's Contributions by Examining Regional Efforts

Maria Claudia Lopez Information

University

Position

Associate Professor in the Department of Community Sustainability at

Citations(all)

2082

Citations(since 2020)

1468

Cited By

1139

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

33

i10Index(since 2020)

28

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University Profile Page

Michigan State University

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Maria Claudia Lopez Skills & Research Interests

economist

specializing in natural resources and environmental economics

Top articles of Maria Claudia Lopez

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Technology adoption and weed emergence dynamics: social ecological modeling for maize-legume systems across Africa

Timothy R Silberg

R Richardson

Cosme P Borges

L Schmitt Olabisi

Maria Claudia Lopez

...

2024

Spatial injustice to energy access in the shadow of hydropower in Brazil

World Development

María Alejandra García

Adam Mayer

Igor Cavallini Johansen

Maria Claudia Lopez

Emilio F Moran

2024/6/1

Dams are old and abandoned, are people concerned? Risk perceptions from Michigan, USA

Adam Peter Mayer

Jackson Schooley

Perry Parks

Maria Claudia Lopez

Emilio Moran

2024/3/11

Impacts of hydropower development on locals’ livelihoods in the Global South

World development

Laura Castro-Diaz

María Alejandra García

Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

Maria Claudia Lopez

2023/9/1

Analyzing group communication dynamics and content in a common-pool resource experiment

Plos one

Patrick Hoffmann

Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

Maria Claudia Lopez

2023/5/2

An alternative approach to create and deploy discrete choice experiments

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Timothy Robert Silberg

RB Richardson

MC Lopez

M Grisotti

2023/2/27

Large hydropower projects increase stress despite compensation efforts: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

Plos one

Adam Mayer

Igor Cavallini Johansen

Maria Claudia Lopez

Mariluce Paes de Souza

Emilio F Moran

2023/7/14

Local Climate Action Planning toward Larger Impact: Enhancing a Park System's Contributions by Examining Regional Efforts

Sustainability and Climate Change

Ellie A Schiappa

Elizabeth E Perry

Emily Huff

Maria Claudia Lopez

2023/2/1

Toward a forest transition across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva

Emilio Moran

Andrés Viña

James DA Millington

Yue Dou

...

2023/6/29

Large-scale hydropower impacts and adaptation strategies on rural communities in the Amazonian floodplain of the Madeira River

Journal of Environmental Management

Caroline C Arantes

Juliana Laufer

Adam Mayer

Emilio F Moran

Igor RA Sant'Anna

...

2023/6/15

Relational contracts and value chain governance: exporter approaches to overcoming transaction costs in Rwanda's coffee sector

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies

Andrew Gerard

Maria Claudia Lopez

John Kerr

Alfred R Bizoza

2023/5/12

Do government zoning policies improve buyer-farmer relationships? Evidence from Rwanda’s coffee sector

Food Policy

Andrew Gerard

Maria Claudia Lopez

Nicole M Mason

Alfred R Bizoza

2022/2/1

Feasibility of hybrid in-stream generator–photovoltaic systems for Amazonian off-grid communities

PNAS nexus

Erik Brown

Igor Cavallini Johansen

Ana Paula Bortoleto

Yadu Pokhrel

Suyog Chaudhari

...

2022/7

Decentralizing the governance of inland fisheries in the Pacific region of Colombia

International Journal of the Commons

Natalia Ocampo-Diaz

Maria Claudia Lopez

Mark Axelrod

Patricia Norris

2022/1/1

Pretend participation: Procedural injustices in the Madeira hydroelectric complex

Global Environmental Change

Adam Mayer

María Alejandra García

Laura Castro-Diaz

Maria Claudia Lopez

Emilio F Moran

2022/7/1

Hydropower, Social Capital, Community Impacts, and Self‐Rated Health in the Amazon

Rural Sociology

Adam Mayer

Maria Claudia Lopez

Igor Cavallini Johansen

Emilio Moran

2022/6

Changes in social capital associated with the construction of the Belo Monte Dam: Comparing a resettled and a host community

Human Organization

Adam Mayer

Maria Claudia Lopez

Guillaume Leturcq

Emilio Moran

2022/3/1

Advancing convergence research: Renewable energy solutions for off-grid communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Emilio F Moran

Maria Claudia Lopez

Rachel Mourão

Erik Brown

Aaron M McCright

...

2022/12/6

Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River

Journal of Applied Ecology

Caroline C Arantes

Juliana Laufer

Mac David da Silva Pinto

Emilio F Moran

Maria Claudia Lopez

...

2022/3

Uncompensated losses and damaged livelihoods: Restorative and distributional injustices in Brazilian hydropower

Energy Policy

Adam Mayer

Maria Claudia Lopez

Emilio F Moran

2022/8/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 81
Emilio Moran

Emilio Moran

Michigan State University

H-index: 47
Juan Camilo Cardenas @jccardenas1965

Juan Camilo Cardenas @jccardenas1965

Universidad de Los Andes

H-index: 41
Krister Andersson

Krister Andersson

University of Colorado Boulder

H-index: 30
David L. Ortega

David L. Ortega

Michigan State University

H-index: 30
Norbert Mueller

Norbert Mueller

Michigan State University

H-index: 28
John Stranlund

John Stranlund

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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