Public Policy Analysis
New Developments
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Beginning in the mid-1970s, fiscal limitation laws, shrinking revenue bases in older cities, and reductions in state and federal grants all have reduced the resources available to carry out the functions of lo...
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Organizations are becoming increasingly decentralized in their operations and decision making. Advanced information technologies provide the glue that holds such organizations together and facilitates their op...
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Edited by Saul I. Gass and Carl M. Harris
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Edited by Saul I. Gass and Carl M. Harris
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Recent advances in computers, networking, and telecommunications offer new opportunities for using simulation and gaming as methodological tools for improving crisis management. It has become easy to develop v...
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The world is undergoing rapid changes. The future is uncertain. Policymakers are faced with problem situations that are complex, and with alternative courses of action that can produce far-reaching consequence...
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Although quantitative system models are only one of many tools of a policy analyst, they are an important tool. For the policy analyst, the purpose of building and using models is to estimate things that canno...
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Synonyms: uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust, mean lack of sureness about someone or something. Uncertainty may range from falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of convi...
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We suggest that those involved with environmental and water resources planning and management need to consider the social responses as well as the economic and environmental impacts of our decisions. But predi...
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Sustainable water management in a changing environment full of uncertainty is profoundly challenging. To deal with these uncertainties, dynamic adaptive policies that can be changed over time are suggested. Th...
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There is increasing interest in policies that can effectively address deeply uncertain conditions or developments.
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This chapter aims to close the gap between the theory and practice of Dynamic Adaptive Planning (DAP).
It (1) presents an operationalization of DAP using experts in a workshop ...
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Decisionmaking for the future depends on anticipating change. And this anticipation is becoming increasingly difficult, thus creating anxiety when we seek to conform short-term decisions to long-term objective...