Chris Lant

Publications | Books

• Ruhl, J.B, Kraft, S.E, Lant, C., (2007). The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services. Island Press

Publications | Book Chapters

• Nicklow, J.W, Misgna, G., Lant, C., Kraft, S.E, (2013). Water Resources Systems Analysis through Case Studies: Data and Models for decision-making: Evolution of agricultural watersheds in a systems management framework.. Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Association of Civil Engineers
• Hooper, B.P, Lant, C., (2007). Integrated, Adaptive Watershed Management: Fostering Integration: Concepts and Practice in Resource and Environmental Management. Oxford University Press, Oxford and Toronto
• Lant, C., (2006). Water Resources Sustainability: An Ecological Economics Perspective: Water Resources Sustainability. McGraw-Hill, WEF Press
• Kraft, S.E, Adams, J., Loftus, T., Lant, C., Duram, L.A, Ruhl, J.B, (2004). "Case Study-Watershed Planning in Watersheds Dominated by Multiple, Largely-Private Owners: The Cache River of Southern Illinois": Integrated Resource and Environmental Management (IREM): the Human Dimensions.. Oxfordshire, OX, UK: CABI Publishing

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Arnold, M.M, Murphy, D.J, Lant, C.L, (2025). Energy Input-Output Meta-analysis Reveals Algal Diesel Struggles to Break Even . Energies, 18:14, 6572. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246572
• Lant, C.L, (2025). Reducing irrigation of livestock feed is essential to saving Great Salt Lake. Environmental Challenges, 19, 101065. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.101065
• Arnold, M., Taylor, T., Lant, C., Becker, K., (2024). Evolving Discourses on Algal Biofuels in U.S. Newspapers, 2005-2020. Elsevier, 114, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103594
• Lant, C., (2017). Policies Driving U.S. Wetland Conversion Rates, 1955-2009. Society and Natural Resources, 30, 16-30. doi: DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1196279
• Lant, C., (2016). The Effect of Climate Change on Rural Land Covers Patterns in the Central United States. , 138, 585-602. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1738-6
• Lant, C., Perez-Lapena, B., Xiong, W., Kraft, S.E, Kowalchuk, R., Blair, M., (2016). Environmental systems simulations for carbon, energy, nitrogen, water, and watersheds: Design principles and pilot testing. Journal of Geoscience Education, 64, 115-124.
• Bouska, K., Whitledge, G., Lant, C., (2015). Development and evaluation of species distribution models for fourteen native Midwestern fish species.. Hydrobiologia, 747, 159-176.
• Stoebner, T., Lant, C., (2014). Geographic Determinants of Rural Land Cover and the Agricultural Margin in the Central United States. Applied Geography55, 138-154.
• Chowdhury, F., Lant, C., (2013). A century of water supply expansion for ten U.S. cities. Applied Geography45, 58-76.
• Mubako, S.T, Lant, C., (2013). Agricultural Virtual Water Trade and Water Footprint of U.S. States. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103:2, 385-396.
• Pinter, N., Baer, S., Chevalier, L., Kowalchuk, R., Lant, C., Whiles, M., (2013). An "IGERT" model for interdisciplinary doctoral education in water-related science and policy. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education150, 53-62.
• Mubako, S., Lahiri, S., Lant, C., (2013). Input-output analysis of virtual water transfers: Case study of California and Illinois. Ecological Economics93, 230-238.
• Fisher, S., Schoof, J., Lant, C., Therrell, M., (2013). The effect of geographical distribution on the reliability of wind energy. Applied Geography40, 83-89.
• Bekele, E., Lant, C., Soman, S., Misgna, G., (2013). The evolution and empirical estimation of ecological-economic production possibility frontiers. Ecological Economics90, 1-9.
• Yang, X., Feng, S., Lant, C., Lou, X., Zheng, Z., (2012). Over-fertilization in the economically developed and ecologically critical Lake Tai region, China. Human Ecology40, 957-964.
• Mann, D., Lant, C., Schoof, J., (2012). Using map algebra to explain and project sptial patterns of wind energy developed in Iowa. Applied Geography, 34:2012, 219-229.
• Yang, X., Lant, C., (2011). A Geographical and Temporal Analysis of U.S. Thermoelectric Withdrawls in Comparison to Renewable Water Supplies. Applied Geography, 31:2011, 1154-1165.
• Jaber, S.M, Lant, C., Al-Quinna, M.I, (2011). Estimating spatial variations in soil organic carbon using satellite hyperspectral data and map algebra. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32:18, 5077-5103.
• Yang, X., Lant, C., (2011). Thermoelectric water withdrawls in the U.S.: Past, present and future. Thermoelectric Power. Nova Science, 157-178.
• Kozak, J., Lant, C., Shaikh, S., Wang, G., (2010). The Geography of Ecosystem Service Value: The Case of the Des Plaines and Cache River Wetlands, Illinois. Applied Geography, 31:2011, 303-311.
• Lant, C., (2009). Ecological Economics and Water Resources Geography. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education142, 52-56.
• Yadev, V., Malanson, G.P, Bekele, E., Lant, C., (2009). Modeling watershed-scale sequestration of soil organic carbon for carbon credit programs. Applied Geography29, 488-500.
• Lant, C., (2009). Natural Resource Sustainability from the Geographical Side of Ecological Economics. Tulsa Law Review, 44:1, 51-66. *
• Heine, R., Lant, C., (2009). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stream Channel Incision in the Loess Region of the Missouri River. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99:2, 1-23.
• Bohn, C., Lant, C., (2009). Welcoming the Wind? The Determinants of Wind Energy Development among U.S. States. The Professional Geographer, 61:1, 87-100.
• Duram, L., Loftus, T., Adams, J., Lant, C., Kraft, S., (2008). Assessing the U.S. Watershed Management Movement: National Trends and an Illinois case study. Water Resources Research, 32:2, 231-242.
• Lant, C., Ruhl, J.B, (2008). The tragedy of ecosystem services. Bioscience, 58:10, 969-974.
• Mubako, S., Lant, C., (2008). Water resource requirements of corn-based ethanol. Water Resources Research44, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006683
• Pande, A., Williams, C.L, Lant, C., Gibson, D.J, (2007). Using map algebra to determine the mesoscale distribution of invasive plants: The case of celastrus Orbiculatus in southern Illinois. Biological Invasions9, 419-431.
• Adams, J., Loftus, T., Duram, L., Kraft, S., Lant, C., (2005). A Critique of Watershed Planning in Illinois' Cache River Watershed. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 18:6, 533-556.
• Sengupta, R., Lant, C., Kraft, S., Beaulieu, J., Peterson, W., Loftus, T., (2005). Modeling CRP Enrollment using Agents within Spatial Decision Support Systems: An Example from Southern Illinois. Environmental and Planning B: Planning and Design32, 832-634.
• Lant, C., Kraft, S.E, Beaulieu, J., Bennett, D., Loftus, T., (2005). Using GIS-Based Ecological-Economic Modeling to Evaluate Policies Affecting Agricultural Watersheds. Ecological Economics, 55:4, 467-484.
• Adams, J., Kraft, S., Ruhl, J.B, Lant, C., Loftus, T., Duram, L., (2005). Watershed Planning: Pseudo-democracy and Its Alternatives, The Case of the Cache River Watershed, Illinois.. Agriculture and Human Values, 22:3, 327-338.
• Heine, R., Lant, C., Sengupta, R., (2004). Development and Comparison of Approaches for Automated Extraction of Stream Channel Networks. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94:3, 477-490.
• Ruhl, J.B, Lant, C., Kraft, S.E, Adams, J., Duram, L., Loftus, T., (2003). Proposal for a Model State Watershed Management Act. Environmental Law Lewis and Clark Law School), 33:4, 929-948. *
• Lant, C., Loftus, T., Kraft, S., Bennett, D., (2001). Land use dynamics in a southern Illinois watershed. Environmental Management, 28:3, 325-340.
• Lant, C., (1999). Introduction: Human Dimensions of watershed management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35:3, doi: 483-486
• Brown, P.H, Lant, C., (1999). The effect of mitigation banking on the achievement of no-net-loss. Environmental management, 23:3, 333-345.
• Akama, J.S, Burnett, G.W, Lant, C., (1996). A political-ecology approach to wildlife conservation in Kenya. Environmental Values, 5:1996, 335-347.
• Kraft, S.E, Lant, C., Gillman, K., (1996). WQIP: An assessment of its chances for acceptance by farmers: Survey results. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 51:6, 494-498.
• Akama, J.S, Lant, C., Burnett, W., (1995). Conflicting Attitudes of Local People and Conservation Officials in Kenya. Natural Resources and Society8, 133-144.
• Lant, C., Kraft, S.E, Gillman, K.R, (1995). Enrollment of Filter Strips and Recharge Areas in the CRP and USDA Easement Programs. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 50:2, 193-200.
• Lant, C., Kraft, S.E, Gillman, K.R, (1995). The 1990 Farm Bill and water quality in Corn Belt watersheds: Conserving remaining wetlands and restoring of farmed wetlands. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 50:2, 201-205.
• Davie, K.D, Lant, C., (1994). The Effect of CRP Enrollment on Sediment Loads in Two Southern Illinois Streams. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 49:4, 407-412.
• Lant, C., (1994). The Role of Property Rights in Economic Research on U.S. Wetlands Policy. Ecological Economics, 11:1994, 27-33.
• McCorvie, M.R, Lant, C., (1993). Drainage District Formation and the Loss of Midwestern Wetlands, 1860-1930. Agricultural History, 67:4, 13-39.
• Lant, C., (1993). The Social Acceptability of Water Conservation in Springfield, Illinois. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 85:8, 85-89.
• Mullens, J.B, Lant, C., (1991). 'Recreators'-vs-Managers' Perceptions of Water Quality in Illinois Recreational Lakes. , 22:6, 33-34.
• Mullens, J.B, Lant, C., (1991). Recreators'-vs-Managers' Perceptions of Water Quality in Illinois Recreational Lakes. Illinois Parks and Recreation, 22:6, 33-34.

Professional Journal

• Lant, C., Sherrill, J., (1995). The Role of NIMBY Groups in 22 Sanitary Landfill Sitings in Illinois. Environmental Professional, 17:3, 243-250.
• Kraft, S.E, Lant, C., (1995). WQIP as Environmental Policy--An Assessment for the 1995 Farm Bill. Agricultural Conservation Alternatives: The Greening of the Farm Bill, American Farmland Trust

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

• Lant, C., (2003). Virtual Water and Occam's Razor. Water International *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.