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Ambika Markanday
Former BC3 researcher
Main Research Field:
Climate change adaptation; behavioural economics; experimental economics; decision-making under risk and uncertainty
Was employee in BC3 from 2015-11-02 to 2024-11-30
Short CV
Ambika works on economic and behavioural aspects related to climate change adaptation, with a particular focus in cities. She received a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Manchester in 2011 and an MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London in 2014. In 2020, she obtained her PhD on the economics of climate change adaptation and decision-making in cities from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
Ambika has been with the Basque Centre for Climate Change for 4 years working on various research projects, including the H2020 projects ECONADAPT, RESIN and COACCH and the Gobernadapt project (funded by the Basque Cooperation Agency).
Journal Articles
- 2024
- Markanday, A., Lliso, B., Sorman, A.H. 2024. Investing in Nature: Assessing the Effects of Monetary and Non-Monetary Valuations on Decision-Making. Ecological Economics. 219. DOI (10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108135).
- 2022
- Markanday, A., Kallbekken, S., Galarraga, I. 2022. The power of impact framing and experience for determining acceptable levels of climate change-induced flood risk: a lab experiment. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 27. (2) DOI (10.1007/s11027-021-09989-8).
- 2021
- Markanday, A., Galarraga, I. 2021. The cognitive and experiential effects of flood risk framings and experience, and their influence on adaptation investment behaviour. Climate Risk Management. 34. DOI (10.1016/j.crm.2021.100359).
- Markanday, A., Markandya, A., De Murieta, E.S., Galarraga, I. 2021. Accounting for the effects of employment, equity, and risk aversion in cost-benefit analysis: An application to an adaptation project. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. 12. (2) 313-334-334. DOI (10.1017/bca.2020.32).
- 2019
- Markanday, A., Galarraga, I., Chiabai, A., Sainz de Murieta, E., Lliso, B., Markandya, A. 2019. Determining discount rates for the evaluation of natural assets in land-use planning: An application of the Equivalency Principle. Journal of Cleaner Production. 230. 672-684-684. DOI (10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.107).
- Markanday, A., Galarraga, I., Markandya, A. 2019. A CRITICAL REVIEW of COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS for CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION in CITIES. Climate Change Economics. 10. (4) DOI (10.1142/S2010007819500143).
BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings
- 2021
- [PB 2021-03] Coastal climate change adaptation in Dakar: participatory approaches for determining decision-making behaviour, risk and adaptation preferences Ambika Markanday, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Íñigo Aniel-Quiroga, Andrea Briones, Íñigo Losada, Alexandra Toimil and Saúl Torres
- [PB 2021-02] Coastal flooding and erosion under climate change: a risk assessment for Dakar Íñigo Aniel-Quiroga, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Íñigo Losada, Alexandra Toimil, Saúl Torres, Ambika Markanday and Andrea Briones
- 2020
- [2020-02] Impact framing and experience for determining acceptable levels of climate change risk: A lab experiment Ambika Markanday, Steffen Kallbekken and Ibon Galarraga