A Transition Management Approach for Shrinking Cities in the United States

2018 ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Shrinking Cities ◽  
Transition Management

scholarly journals The Importance of Alaska for Climate Stabilization, Resilience, and Biodiversity Conservation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Vynne ◽  
Erin Dovichin ◽  
Nancy Fresco ◽  
Natalie Dawson ◽  
Anup Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystem ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Federal Lands

Alaska is globally significant for its large tracts of intact habitats, which support complete wildlife assemblages and many of the world’s healthiest wild fisheries, while also storing significant amounts of carbon. Alaska has 1/3 of United States federal lands, the bulk of the United States’ intact and wild lands, and over half of the country’s total terrestrial ecosystem carbon on federal lands. Managing Alaska’s public lands for climate and biodiversity conservation purposes over the next 30–50 years would provide meaningful and irreplaceable climate benefits for the United States and globe. Doing so via a co-management approach with Alaska’s 229 federally recognized tribes is likely not only to be more effective but also more socially just. This paper lays out the scientific case for managing Alaska’s public lands for climate stabilization and resilience and addresses three primary questions: Why is Alaska globally meaningful for biodiversity and climate stabilization? Why should Alaska be considered as a key element of a climate stabilization and biodiversity conservation strategy for the United States? What do we need to know to better understand the role of Alaska given future scenarios? We summarize evidence for the role Alaska’s lands play in climate stabilization, as well as what is known about the role of land management in influencing carbon storage and sequestration. Finally, we summarize priority research that is needed to improve understanding of how policy and management prescriptions are likely to influence the role Alaska plays in global climate stabilization and adaptation.

Analyzing Characteristics of the Unreliable Segments of the National Highway System across South Eastern States of the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 2674 (7) ◽  
pp. 456-467
Author(s):  
Chowdhury Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Reference Category ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
National Highway ◽  
Highway System

The latest transportation law in the United States continues to put emphasis on a performance management approach similar to the previous one. Since the transportation performance management rules were made in 2017, limited work has been done to understand the travel time reliability on the national highway system (NHS) and the factors influencing it. This study contributes to the literature by analyzing the characteristics of the unreliable segments of the NHS in 13 south eastern states. It was observed that there was a higher percentage of unreliable segments in the non-Interstate NHS (about 34%) than in the Interstate system (about 13% of segments were unreliable). Analyses of the unreliability of the Interstate and non-Interstate NHS were conducted separately to understand each of them better. To capture the influence of the attributes on the reliability of the NHS segments, multivariate binary logistic models were developed. The results from the models suggest that the reference traffic message channels (TMCs), which were characterized by being in urban areas with shorter length (≤0.25 mi) and ≤10% trucks in the traffic stream, generally have a higher chance of being unreliable than those that are not in the reference category. Interstate TMCs on bridges, tunnels, or causeways, and those with directional traffic volume greater than 30,000, have higher chances of being unreliable than the reference category. The chances of internal TMCs (between decision points) in the non-Interstate NHS being unreliable were about 14% higher than the mean chance of the reference TMCs.

Transitioning Towards a Low-Carbon Hydrogen Economy in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Jacqueline C. K. Lam ◽  
Peter Hills ◽  
Esther C. T. Wong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Transition Management ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Hydrogen Economy ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

This paper describes the process of transitioning to a low-carbon hydrogen economy in the United States and the role of transition management (TM) in this process. Focusing on the transition process for hydrogen-based energy and transport systems in the United States, especially California, this study outlines the key characteristics of TM that have been employed in managing the transition. Several characteristics of TM have been noted in the United States’ hydrogen transition, including: (a) the complementarity of the long-term vision with incremental targets, (b) the integration of top-down and bottom-up planning, (c) system innovations and gradualism, (d) multi-level approaches and interconnectedness, and (e) reflexivity by learning and experimenting. These characteristics are instrumental in bringing about the development and initial commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and related energy infrastructure in the United States.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Alasdair Roberts
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Change Of Direction

This introductory chapter provides a background of public administration. In the United States, the field of public administration was launched almost a century ago by people with bold aspirations. They were not interested only in the efficiency of government offices; they wanted a thorough overhaul of the American state so that it could manage the pressures of modern-day life. Unfortunately, this expansive view of the field's purpose has been lost. Over the last four decades in particular, the focus within the field has been mainly on smaller problems of management within the public sector. This is sometimes called the “public management approach.” This narrowing of focus might have made sense in the United States and a few other advanced democracies in the waning decades of the twentieth century, but it does not make sense today. Many people have recently protested this shrinking of ambitions. Thus, there is a need for a change of direction and to recover an expansive view of the field. This book proposes a way to do so.

scholarly journals Planning the future of the international decade of ocean exploration

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 879-879
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Ocean Exploration ◽  
The Future ◽  
International Decade

The United States programme for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) will end as scheduled in 1980. Plans are now underway to design the ocean research programme that will follow the IDOE. The goal will be to identify promising directions for marine research, their potential contributions to national ocean interests over the next five to ten years, and the management approach most appropriate for carrying out these programmes.

Transition to Low-Carbon Hydrogen Economy in America

2011 ◽  
pp. 92-111
Author(s):  
Jacqueline C.K. Lam ◽  
Peter Hills
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Transition Management ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Hydrogen Economy ◽  
Key Characteristics

This chapter describes the process of transitioning to a low-carbon hydrogen economy in the United States and the role of transition management (TM) in this process. Focusing on the transition process for hydrogen-based energy and transport systems in the United States, especially California, this study outlines the key characteristics of TM that have been employed in managing the transition. Several characteristics of TM have been noted in the United States’ hydrogen transition, including: (a) the complementarity of the long-term vision with incremental targets, (b) the integration of top-down and bottom-up planning, (c) system innovations and gradualism, (d) multi-level approaches and interconnectedness, and (e) reflexivity by learning and experimenting. These characteristics are instrumental in bringing about the development and initial commercialization of HFCVs and related energy infrastructure in the United States.

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