Current Research

My research interest is the valuation of forest ecosystem services and how those values are impacted by changes in vegetation due to natural/man-made disturbances and/or changes in climate conditions. Current research focuses on the economic values people and communities derive from forests, such as recreation, water quality and quantity, and carbon sequestration. Other research interests are fire economics (efficient management of wildfire prevention and suppression efforts) and understanding the social and economic barriers of underrepresented communities to outdoor recreation.

Education

• University of California, Riverside, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences 2014
• Washington State University, M.S. Statistics 2004
• University of California, Irvine, B.A. Economics 2002

Featured Publications & Products

• Sánchez, José J.; Loomis, John ; González-Cabán, Armando ; Holmes, Tom . 2019. A comparison of wildland urban interface households WTP for wildfire risk reduction programs in California and Florida.
• Loomis, John ; Sánchez, José J.; González-Cabán, Armando ; Rideout, Douglas ; Reich, Robin . 2019. Do fuel treatments reduce wildfire suppression costs and property damages Analysis of suppression costs and property damages in U.S. National Forests.
• Loomis, John ; Collie, Sam ; González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J.; Rideout, Douglas . 2019. Wildfire fuel reduction cost analysis: Statistical modeling and user model for fire specialists in California.
• Garnache, Cloé; Srivastava, Lorie; Sánchez, José J; Lupi, Frank . 2018. Recreation ecosystem services from chaparral dominated landscapes: a baseline assessment from national forests in Southern California.
• González-Cabán, Armando; Sánchez, José J. 2017. Minority households willingness to pay for public and private wildfire risk reduction in Florida.
• Sanchez, Jose; Baerenklau, Ken; Gonzalez-Caban, Armando. 2016. Valuing hypothetical wildfire impacts with a Kuhn Tucker model of recreation demand.
• Holmes , Tom; Gonzalez-Caban, Armando; Loomis, John ; Sanchez, Jose. 2013. The effect of personal experience on choice-based preferences for wildfire protection programs.
• Sánchez, José J.; Baerenklau, Ken; González-Cabán, Armando; Schwabe, Kurt. 2013. Economics of forest fire management: Spatial accounting of costs and benefits.
• Benoit, John W.; González-Cabán, Armando; Fujioka, Francis M.; Chen, Shyh-Chin; Sanchez, José J. 2013. Spatial allocation of market and nonmarket values in wildland fire management: A case study.
• Moya, Daniel; González-Cabán, Armando; Sánchez, José J.; de la Heras, José. 2013. Recreational use management and wildfires in Southern California: Using GIS and visual landscape simulation models for economic assessment.

Publications

• Loomis, John ; Collie, Sam ; González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J.; Rideout, Douglas . 2019. An lisis de Costo de Reducci n de Combustible de Incendios Forestales: Modelado Estad stico y Modelo de Usuario Para Especialistas en Incendios en California.
• González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J. 2019. Are there differences between minority households willingness-to-pay for wildfire risk reduction in Florida.
• González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J. 2019. Memorias del quinto simposio internacional sobre pol ticas, planificaci n y econom a de los incendios forestales: servicios ambientales e incendios forestales.
• González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J. 2019. Proceedings of the fifth international symposium on fire economics, planning, and policy: ecosystem services and wildfires.
• Sánchez, José J.; Loomis, John ; González-Cabán, Armando ; Holmes, Tom . 2019. Una Comparaci n de la DAP por Programas de Reducci n de Riesgo de Incendios Forestales de los Hogares en la Interfaz Urbana Forestal en California y Florida.
• González-Cabán, Armando ; Sánchez, José J. 2019. Existen Diferencias Entre la Disposici n a Pagar de los Hogares Minoritarios por la Reducci n del Riesgo de Incendios en Florida.
• Loomis, John ; Sánchez, José J.; González-Cabán, Armando ; Rideout, Douglas ; Reich, Robin . 2019. Los Tratamientos de Combustible Reducen los Costos de Supresi n de Incendios Forestales y Da os a la Propiedad An lisis de los Costos de Supresi n y Da os a la Propiedad en los Bosques Nacionales de los Estados Unidos.
• Haase, Sally M.; Sánchez, José; Weise, David R. 2016. Evaluation of standard methods for collecting and processing fuel moisture samples.
• González-Cabán, Armando; Holmes, Thomas P.; Loomis, John B.; Sánchez, José J. 2013. Does personal experience affect choice-based preferences for wildfire protection programs.
• Bengston, David N.; Sanchez, Jose J. 2004. Hispanic American views on the stewardship of federal land management agencies: An exploratory analysis of the Ethnic NewsWatch Database.
• Bengston, David N.; Sanchez, Jose J. 2004. Hispanic American views on the stewardship of federal land management agencies: an exploratory analysis of the Ethnic NewsWatch database.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
PSW-2014-106	Benefits and Losses of Wildfires on the San Jacinto Wilderness Forest Service scientists discovered that recently burned landscapes are attractive to forest recreationalists. This information can help fire m ...	2014