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YEN-LIEN KUO

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan  

Since Aug. 2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental and resources economics and management, Natural hazard risk assessment and management

EDUCATION

PhD. in Environmental Economics and Management, the University of York, UK                             July 2007

PhD Thesis 'The Impact of Solid Waste Collection, Pricing and Recycling Policies on Residential Solid Waste, (abstract)'

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Charles Perrings

MA. in Resources Management, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan                                    June 2000

Master Degree Thesis 'A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Policies for Abating Mobil Source Emissions in Taiwan, (abstract)'

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Daigee Shaw and Prof. Dr. Cheng-Ming Feng

BS. in Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan                                               June 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS

Postgraduate Study Fellowship from Taiwan Ministry of Education for PhD. program 2003-2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tunghai University, Taiwan  

                                                                                                                                       Jan. 2010-July 2011

Assistant Research Fellow, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan  

                                                                                                                                       Apr. 2007-July 2011

Research Assistant, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica                                         July 2001-July 2003

Worked on Taiwan National Science Council funded projects related to risk management.  Applied GIS technology to simulate scenarios of events caused by natural disasters (such as earthquakes and floods).  Estimated damages in terms of economic losses, and calculated exceendance probabilities of estimated economic losses using Monte Carlo simulations in SAS.

Research Assistant, Pacific Engineers & Constructors, Ltd.                                                     Summer 2000

Household survey in an in-person interview format for project entitled “Environmental Impact Assessment of Taipower Company Low Level Radioactive Waste Final Disposal.”

Consultant, Hui-Kuo Consulting, Ltd.                                                                            July 1997-Sept. 1998

Translated environmental news from English into Mandarin Chinese, and edited text before publication.

Research Assistant, Tunghai University                                                                       Sept. 1997-June 1998

Developed a grey mathematical model that balances the water supply and demand pertaining to Taiwan.  The model maximizes the net benefits of water use subject to supply limitation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Lin, H. C., Y. L. Kuo, D. Shaw, M. C. Chang and T. M. Kao. 2012. “Regional Economic Impact Analysis of Earthquakes in Northern Taiwan and its Implications for Disaster Reduction Policies.” Natural Hazards, 61(2), pp.603-620. (SCI)

Kuo, Y.L. and C. Perrings. 2010. “Wasting time? Recycling Incentives in Urban Taiwan and Japan.” Environmental and Resources Economics, 47, pp.423-437. (SSCI)

Kuo, Y.L. and K.M. Liao. 2010. "The Evaluation of Risk Communication via Internet - The Case of Disaster Reduction Newsletter," Journal of Computer Science and Application, 6(1), pp.29-38. (in Chinese)

Li, H.C., Y.L. Kuo, D. Shaw, and T.H. Huang. 2008. “The Household Benefits Assessment of the Flood Reduction Plan in a Flood-prone Area: A Case Study of Sinwen, Chiayi, Taiwan,” Agricultural and Resources Economics 5(2), pp. 41-58.

Y.L. Kuo.  2007. "Outline and Application of UNDP-GEF Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change." Socioeconomic Law and Institution Review, 42, pp. 41-65. (in Chinese)

Shaw, D., C.H. Yeh, W.Y. Jean, C.H. Loh and Y.L. Kuo.  2007.  “Seismic Risk Analysis of Building Losses in Taipei: An Application of HAZ-Taiwan with its Pre-processor and Post-processor.” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 30 (2), pp.289-297. (SCI, Ei)

Shaw, D., C.T. Chang, and Y.L. Kuo.  2002.  “A New Institution for Environmental Management: Beyond the Political Boundaries.”  Taiwan Economic Forecast and Policy, 34(1), pp.1-38. (TSSCI) (in Chinese, English abstract)

Book

Kuo, Y.L. 2009. The Evaluation of Residential Solid Waste Management Policies - Waste Collection, Pricing, Recycling Policies and Their Enforcements in the Cities of Taiwan and Japan. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.

Other Publications

Lin, H.C., Y.L. Kuo, D. Shaw, M.C. Chang and T.M. Kao. 2010. “Using Regional Economic Impact Analysis to Decide Public Promotion of Seismic Retrofit in the Northern Taiwan,” 1st Congress of East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics. Sapporo, Japan, Aug. 17-19.

Chang, C.C., Y.L. Kuo, and H.C. Li. 2011. “How Flood Control Measures Influence Resident's Risk Perception and Community's Preparedness: The Case of Benhe Community in Kaohsiung City during Typhoon Fanapi,” The Second International Conference on Cities at Risk (CAR II). Integrated Research on Disaster Risk: Taipei, Taiwan, April 11-13.

Kuo, Y.L., C.H. Chang, Y.M. Chen, and Y.C. Lin. 2009. "The Risk Map of Flood in Taiwan for Climate Change Adaptation." Paper presented at 15th annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 5-8.

Kuo, Y.L. “An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Waste Management Policies and Enforcements on Waste Generation and Recycling.” Presented at the 3rd East Asian Symposium on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Kunitachi, Japan, February 19-21, 2008.
　

Kuo, Y.L. “How Waste Collection, Pricing and Recycling Policies Effect Waste Generation and Recycling? The Case of Cities in Taiwan and Japan.” Presented at Environmental Planning & Management in Southeast Asian Countries, University Support to Environment Planning and Management, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 6-8, 2007.
　

Kuo, Y.L. "A Dynamic Model for Four Options Household Waste Disposal Management.”  Presented at the Twentieth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 3-6, 2005.

Kuo, Y.L. and T.W. Chi.  “Water Resource Pricing in Taiwan.”  Presented at the 6th Asia-Pacific NGO's Environmental Conference (APNEC-6), Asia-Pacific Environmental Council, Kaoshiung, November 1-4, 2002.

Shaw, D., S.M. Shih, E.Y. Lin, and Y.L. Kuo.  “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sea-level Rise Protection in Taiwan.”  In proceedings of the International Conference on Global Economic Transformation after the Asian Economic Crisis, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Peking University, Hong Kong, May 26-28, 2000.