FACULTAD DE
AGRONOMÍA y SISTEMAS NATURALES

• Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2007.
• M.Sc. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 2001.
• Ingeniero Agrónomo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 1994.

• Correa-Cano, M. E., Salmoral, G., Rey, D., Knox, J. W., Graves, A., Melo, O., Foster, W., Naranjo, L., Zegarra, E., Johnson, C., Viteri-Salazar, O., & Yan, X. (2022). A novel modelling toolkit for unpacking the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus of agricultural development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 159, 112182. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSER.2022.11218
• Bopp, C., Engler, A., Jara-Rojas, R., Hunecke, C., & Melo, O. (2022). Collective Actions and Leadership Attributes: A Cluster Analysis of Water User Associations in Chile. Water Economics and Policy, 08(01). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X22500035
• Ricalde, I., Vicuña, S., Melo, O., Tomlinson, J. E., Harou, J. J., & Characklis, G. (2022). Assessing tradeoffs in the design of climate change adaptation strategies for water utilities in Chile. Journal of Environmental Management, 302, 114035. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2021.114035
• Engler, A., Melo, O., Rodríguez, F., Peñafiel, B., & Jara-Rojas, R. (2021). Governing Water Resource Allocation: Water User Association Characteristics and the Role of the State. Water 2021, Vol. 13. Page 2436, 13(17), 2436. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13172436.
• Romero, P., & Melo, O. (2021). Can a Territorial Use Right for Fisheries management make a difference for fishing communities? Marine Policy, 124, 104359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104359.
• Melo, O., Báez Quiñones, N., & Acuña, D. (2021). Towards Sustainable Agriculture in Chile, Reflections on the Role of Public Policy. International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 48(3), 186–209. https://doi.org/10.7764/IJANR.V48I3.2359
• Melo, O., & Foster, W. (2021). Agricultural and Forestry Land and Labor Use under Long-Term Climate Change in Chile. Atmosphere, 12(3), 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030305.
• Undurraga, R., Vicuña, S., Melo, O. 2020. Compensating water service interruptions to implement a safe-to-fail approach to climate change adaptation in urban water supply. Water (Switzerland), 12 (6), 1540. DOI: 10.3390/W12061540
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• Cremades, R., Mitter, H., Tudose, N. C., Sanchez-Plaza, A., Graves, A., Broekman, A.,..Melo, O. ... Marin, M. 2019. Ten principles to integrate the water-energy-land nexus with climate services for co-producing local and regional integrated assessments. Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133662.
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• Fernández, J., Melo, O., Larraín, R., & Fernández, M. 2019. Valuation of observable attributes in differentiated beef products in Chile using the hedonic price method. Meat Science, 158, 107881.
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• Fercovic, J., Foster, W., & Melo, O. 2019. Economic development and residential water consumption in Chile. Environment and Development Economics, 24(01), 23–46.
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• Reyes-Paecke, S., Gironás, J., Melo, O., Vicuña, S., & Herrera, J. 2019. Irrigation of green spaces and residential gardens in a Mediterranean metropolis: Gaps and opportunities for climate change adaptation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 182, 34–43.
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• Vicuña, S., Gil, M., Melo, O., Donoso, G., & Merino, P. 2018. Water option contracts for climate change adaptation in Santiago, Chile. Water International, 43(2), 237–256.
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• Teixeira, D. L., Larraín, R., Melo, O., & Hötzel, M. J. 2018. Public opinion towards castration without anaesthesia and lack of access to pasture in beef cattle production. PLoS ONE, 13(1): e0190671.
• Foster, W., G. Anríquez, O. Melo, D. Yupanqui, and J. Ortega. 2016. Geographic disparities in rural land appreciation in a transforming economy: Chile, 1980 to 2007. Land Use Policy 57:655-68.
• Castilla, J.C., J. Espinosa, C. Yamashiro, O. Melo and S. Gelcich. 2016. Telecoupling Between Catch, Farming, and International Trade for The Gastropods Concholepas Concholepas (Loco) and Haliotis Spp. (Abalone) Journal of Shellfish Research, vol 35(2): 1–8.

Capítulos de Libro

• Meza, F., Gil, P., & Melo, O. (2021). Agricultural Uses. In Water Resources of Chile (pp. 243–258). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56901-3_12.
• Cerda, C., & Melo, O. 2019. Valoración económica de servicios ecosistémicos y biodiversidad en Chile: marcos conceptuales y experiencias en investigación. In C. C.Cerda, Silva-Rodríguez, E. & Briceño (Ed.), Naturaleza en sociedad una mirada a la dimensión humana de la conservación de la biodiversidad (pp. 143–176). Santiago: Editorial Ocho Libros Spa.
• Melo, O., & Perez, J. 2018. Water Quality Policy (pp. 87–102). In G. Donoso (ed.), Water Policy in Chile, Global Issues in Water Policy 21. Springer. 224 p. Print ISBN 978-3-319-76701-7.
• Anríquez, G., & Melo, O. 2018. The Socio-Economic Context of Chilean Water Consumption and Water Markets Growth: 1985–2015 (pp. 53–63). In. G. Donoso (ed.), Water Policy in Chile, Global Issues in Water Policy 21. Springer. 224 p. Print ISBN 978-3-319-76701-7.
• Foster, W. and O. Melo. 2018. Chile. pp. 358-383. In Anderson, K., & Pinilla, V. (eds.) Wine globalization: a new comparative history. Cambridge University Press. Cambrigde. 546 p. ISBN 978-1-107-19292-8.
• Garrido, A. , G. Donoso, O. Melo, M. Solanes. 2014. Economic Instruments for Allocating Water and Financing Services. In B.A. Willaarts, A. Garrido, M. R. Llamas, eds. Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean Social and Environmental Implications for a Globalized Economy. Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management. Routledge. 448 p. ISBN- 13 978-0-415-71368-9.

• 2022 Integrating drought monitoring and public policy design towards the proactive management of drought. ANID FSEQ210018. Concurso Fondo de Investigación Estratégica en Sequía. Investigador Principal.
• 2022-2023 Consorcio Tecnológico del Agua CoTH20 Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos, Código 20CTECGH-145896. CORFO. Coinvestigador
• 2021-2024 Exploration of robust water security pathways in a semi-arid coastal basin: A transdisciplinary perspective. Fondecyt Interdisciplina 1211846. Coinvestigador.
• 2018-2021 NEXus Thinking for sustainable AGricultural development in Andean countries (NEXT-AG). Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call. NER0157591. Coinvestigador Principal.
• 2018-2021. Centro para el Impacto Socioeconómico de las Políticas Ambientales Nucleo Milenio. Coinvestigador.
• 2018-2021. From individualism to collective action for water resources conservation: its impacts and implications. Fondecyt 1180556. Coinvestigador.
• 2017-2019. Development of a planning tool for sustainable hydropower and irrigation through conservation and restoration of fluvial ecosystems.. UC VRI INTERDISCIPLINA II160036. Coordinador.
• 2017-2019 "Climate change adaptation in regulated water utilities" Fondecyt 1171133. Coinvestigador.
• 2013-2016. The development of a hedonic model of farmland values: An application to Chilean agriculture and the potential impacts of climate change. Fondecyt 1130540. Coinvestigador.