"It appears that the summer of 2003 was very likely warmer than any other
summer in Europe back to 1500" (Luterbacher, 2004). This was the conclusion of a
study about the changing climate of Europe by climatologists at the University of
Bern, Switzerland, and published in Science in May, 2004....
Pollutant body burdens, ability to tolerate supplementary stressors, and biomarkers of physiological stress were investigated in the ground beetle, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), inhabiting a gradient of heavy metal contamination in Poland. The central question was to determine if beetles inhabiting polluted habitats incurred costs compared with beetles in less...
The concept of compensatory mitigation is well established as an approach to environmental management. In the past, mitigation programs have been used to conserve wetlands affected by development, and is proposed as a cost-effective approach to offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through reforestation programs. The concept may be equally applicable to...
Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
This study was conducted to observe the manner in which three local
public interest organizations participated in a local, environmentallyoriented
decision process. The study period began in December, 1978,
with the passage of a revised solid waste ordinance (Ord. 78-102) for
the City of Corvallis, OR. The main forum for...
Designing A Citizen Involvement Program presents a model and supportive materials that can be used to design and implement a program for involving citizens in decision-making that concerns significant environmental issues. These actions might be large-scale construction projects, such as building a dam, an electric power plant, or a nuclear...
This work examined the transformation of the concept of biodiversity into natural resource policies of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank through 1988. The study identified several groups as playing key roles in the transformation process. These were nongovernmental environmental organizations, the scientific community, and the...
The goal of this analysis is to use the social construction framework to determine 1) whether the Oregon Drug Take Back Program stakeholder group can design a public policy that will ultimately reduce water contamination from the improper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals from the general public, and 2) use the...
The paper argues that Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) can be a suitable
evaluation tool in cases where some of the benefits are difficult to measure
(e.g. habitat protection) and where the tangible benefits are lower than the
cost. An example is polities aiming at protecting a single species in
multispecies fisheries....