Yehuda L. Klein

Education:

Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley - 1985 (Economics)

Books and Publications

N. Doytch and Y. Klein, The Impact of Natural Disasters on Energy Consumption: An Analysis of Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Demand in the Residential and Industrial Sectors, is available in Early View on Wiley Online Library ahead of publication in an issue of Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy. (Article DOI: 10.1002/ep.12640). (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017

J. Cherrier, Y. Klein, H. Link, J. Pillich and N. Yonzan. Hybrid Green Infrastructure for Reducing Demands on
Urban Water and Energy Systems: A New York City Hypothetical Case Study, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, published "Online first," 2016-03-06.
(Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016

Friedman, David S., Yehuda Klein, Jose Pillich and Michael T. Sullivan. "Sustainability Planning, Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Applications of the Long Island MARKAL Model." Suburban Sustainability 2.2, Article 1. Available at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/subsust/vol2/iss2/1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

Link, Hildegaard, José Pillich and Yehuda Klein. "Peak Electric Load Relief in Northern Manhattan: An Exploratory Data Analysis." Sage Open 2014: 4. http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/4/3/2158244014546480 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

Friedman, Hershey H., Linda Weiser Friedman and Yehuda L. Klein. "The Modular Multidisciplinary Major: An Alternative to Traditional Majors." Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 20-23, 1999. 194-96. Originally published in 1999 and now available to the public on SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2329453. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2013

Klein, Yehuda, H.Z. Davis and S. Appel. "Can Making Everyone Better Off Make Everyone Unhappier." SS International Journal of Economics and Management. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013

Friedman, David and Yehuda Klein. "Environmental and Economic Impacts of a Carbon Tax: An Application of the Long Island MARKAL Model." Middle States Geographer. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012

Friedman, David and Yehuda Klein. "Urban/Suburban Sustainability Planning: MARKAL as an Analytical Tool." Middle States Geographer 43: 1-7. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010

Friedman, Hershey and Yehuda Klein. "Respect for God's World: The Biblical and Rabbinic Foundations of Environmentalism." International Journal of Business and Globalization 4.2: 192-200. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010

Klein, Yehuda and Jonathan Weiser. "Jewish Environmental Economics." Oxford University Handbook of Judaism and Economics. Ed. Aaron Levine. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2010

Klein, Yehuda L. and Jeffrey P. Osleeb. "Determinants of Coastal Tourism: A Case Study of Florida Beach Counties." Journal of Coastal Research. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010

Klein, Yehuda, Jeffrey Osleeb and Mariano Viola. "Tourism-Generated Earnings in the Coastal Zone, A Regional Analysis." Journal of Coastal Research. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

Klein, Yehuda, Rudy Santore and H. David Robison. "Strategic State-Level Environmental Policy with Asymmetric Pollution Spillovers." Journal of Public Economics. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

"Using Systems Modeling, Optimization and Geovisualization Tools to Inform Community
Planning and Policymaking in Response to Climate Change".CUNY Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) to Yehuda Klein (BC) and James Biles (CCNY). The award amount is $40,000 in Tax Levy funds. (Grants and Fellowships) 2021

Living with Climate-Induced Flooding: Strengthening Urban to Rural Flood Resilience through Economic Valuation, Storytelling and Knowledge Exchange. A submission to Climate and Societal Interactions Division, Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) Program: Advancing Climate Adaptation and Coastal Community Resilience
Competition Number: NOAA-OAR-CPO-2021-2006389. Co-PI.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2020

José Pillich (doctoral student advisee) awarded a two-year CREST Graduate Student fellowship (CUNY NOAA-CREST program at CCNY). (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

NOAA Educational Partnership Program: Cooperative Science Center Cross Center Collaboration, for "An Environmental and Economic Assessment of an Activated Green Infrastructure Approach for Managing Urban Stormwater Contaminant Loading to Coastal Waters." Co-principal investigator. $41,229; two years. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

Round 20 of the CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (CIRG) Program, for "New York's Water Sustainability and Drought Risk in the 21st Century -- A Systematic Assessment of Climate, Competing Demands, Institutional Constraints and Economic Impacts." Co-principal investigator. $29,970; 2014-15. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, $150,000 award to NYSERDA, for "Long-Term Energy and Emissions Savings Potential in New York City Buildings." Principal investigator for $50,000 subcontract to CUNY, 2010-11. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

Research Activities

Visiting Scholar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography. June, 2019. I will be working with Profs. Eran Feitelson and Daniel Felsenstein on my fellowship leave project, The Economics and Politics of Water Scarcity. 2019

Y. Klein, J. Torpey, W. Vijverberg and M. Pacholska, conference organizers. UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Circular Science Symposium, CUNY Graduate Center, September 21, 2015. 2015

Faculty Affiliate, NOAA - Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST), CCNY. 2012

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Urban Heat Island Phenomenon, Virtual Poster Session Presentation, with Tetiana Skrekoten (graduating senior, double major in Economics and Psychology). American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, February 28, 2022. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2022

An Ecologist and an Accountant Walk into a Bar: Payments for Ecosystem Services in Business and Government Financial Reporting, presented at the Fifth UN PRME NE Conference, Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Business Education and Practice October 26-29, 2020, with John Paul, Department of Accounting and Hildegaard Link, Rutgers University Department of Human Ecology. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2020

Isik, M., J. Pillich, Y. Klein, E. Linky, and Kaplan, O. (2019) "Energy Efficiency Investments in Public Housing: An Application of the U.S. EPA's Community Scale Energy Systems Model for New York City." Presented at Science for Decision-Making in a Warmer World: 10 Years of the NPCC, New York City, NY, March 15, 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019

Overgrazing and the Cattle Complex, poster presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Washington, D.C., Matthew Mauer, undergraduate student at Brooklyn College, with Yehuda Klein, faculty mentor (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018

Y. Klein, J. Cherrier, H. Link, J. Pillich and N. Yonzan. The Economic Value of Energy:A Green Infrastructure Case Study, Food-Energy-Water Nexus, 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment,. WC-5: Solutions to Energy-Water Conflicts Part 1. January, 20, 2016, Arlington, VA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2016

Hildegaard Link and Yehuda Klein, Energy use, Meso-climates and Patterns of Habitation, Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, La Jolla, CA, June 25, 2015. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Hildegaard Link and Yehuda Klein, The Economics of Green Infrastructure as a Demand Management Strategy, Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, La Jolla, CA, June 25,2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Cherrier, Jennifer, Yehuda Klein, Hildegaard Link and Jose Pillich. "Building Greener Communities: The Energy-Water Nexus." From the Outside In: Sustainable Futures for Global Cities and Suburbs. Hofstra University. Hempstead, N.Y., March 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Klein, Yehuda and Hildegaard Link. "Building Greener Communities: A New York City Case Study." 2012 Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. New York, Feb. 24-28. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Klein, Yehuda, Jessica Miller, Vatsal Bhatt, Jorge Gonzalez and Hildegard Link. "Urban Sustainability on Campus: A New York City Case Study." Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

Link, Hildegaard, Jessica Miller and Yehuda Klein. "Universities in Service of the Community: Experiences in New York City." Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences. Burlington, Vt. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

Klein, Yehuda, Magdalena Ornstein, Vatsal Bhatt and Edward Linky. "Long-Term Energy and Emissions Savings Potential in New York City Buildings." Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington, D.C. This paper was presented at an AAG session on sustainable communities; papers from that session will be published in a forthcoming special-themed issue of Local Environment. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Klein, Yehuda, Vatsal Bhatt, Jorge Gonzalez, Estatio Gutierrez, Hildegaard Link and Jessica Miller. "Urban Sustainability on Campus: A New York City Case Study." 57th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Klein, Yehuda, Magdalena Ornstein, Michael Bobker and Edward Linky. "Town-Gown Engagement: Overcoming Campus / Community Barriers." Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Las Vegas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

Klein, Yehuda, Magdalena Ornstein, Michael Bobker and Edward Linky. "Energy Tool Suite Integration for Campus / Neighborhood Impacts Assessment and Decision-Making." Annual Meeting of the North American Regional Science Council. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Klein, Yehuda, Michael Bobker and William Solecki. "Sustainable CUNY: An Urban-Scale MARKAL Model." Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Klein, Yehuda L. and Jeffrey P. Osleeb. "An Econometric Model of Beach Nourishment and Coastal Tourism." 54th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International. Savannah, Ga. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Klein, Yehuda L. and Jeffrey P. Osleeb. "An Economic Analysis of Florida Beach Tourism." Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Professional Leadership

Peer reviewer, U.S. EPA National Priorities: Life Cycle Costs of Water Infrastructure Alternatives. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015

Chair, Search Committee, Accounting Department Chair, School of Business, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Member, Appointments Committee, Department of Economics. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011

Member, Search Committee, Dean of the School of Business. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011

Member, Steering Committee, Environmental Studies Program. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011

Member, Appointments Committee, Department of Economics. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, internal advisory board, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, Search Committee, Dean of the School of Business. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, Steering Committee, Environmental Studies Program. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, internal advisory board, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Member, internal advisory board, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Pedagogical Achievements

Invited lecture, "Sustainability in Action' class at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (with John Paul). 2020

Advisor for senior thesis. Ms. Milan Mathew, B.A. in Economics and Macaulay Honors College. Title of senior thesis: "The effect of climate change on virtual water trade,." with a focus on trade patterns within the South African Development Community. 2019

Chair of dissertation committee for Ms. Hildegaard Link, The Water-Energy Nexus: A Comparison of Ecosystems Services, Water and Electricity Demand in New York and Texas. 2019

Chair of Dissertation Committee for Jose Pilich, Heat Stress Vulnerability: Analyzing the Socio-Environmental Factors Influencing Heat Stress Hospital Visits and Implementation of Green Infrastructure in New York City. 2018

David S. Friedman, "Policy Change, Sustainability and Environmental Justice: Applications of the Long Island MARKAL Model," a dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in Earth and Environmental Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Yehuda Klein, chair, Examining Committee. 2013

Other Professional Activities

Reviewer, De Ethica: A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics. http://de-ethica.com/. 2014

Reviewer, Energy Policy. Elsevier. 2012

Reviewer, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 2012

Reviewer, Energy Policy (Elsevier). 2011