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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Policy tools"”.
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Renewable energy technologies : analysis and policy tools for utility integration
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.
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Linking the landscape: legal and policy tools to promote connected habitats in fragmented landscapes
We have entered a sixth mass extinction period, and habitat loss due to human land uses has been named as one of its leading causes. By converting land to urban and agricultural land uses, humans have fragmented millions of acres of once-contiguous habitat. Fragmentation alters the spatial …
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Evaluating next-generation environmental policy tools : adaptive management in the Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun to embrace the concept adaptive management as an alternative to traditional natural resource planning and management models. Adaptive management may provide BLM managers with a means to evaluate the effectiveness of management actions, the …
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Informing U.S. Electricity Policy: Independent Data-Driven Policy Tools to Support Regulators, Policy Makers, and Utilities
… Smart Grid development, and propose data-driven tools to help utilities and regulators address those problems. Three tools are proposed in this research (1) a Smart Grid development metric and (2) an electric utility business model framework and (3) an electric utility business model financial …
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Affordable housing in a "high-tech Mayberry" : site selection and policy tools for San Mateo County, California
… mismatch theory, and exclusionary housing policy -- together to forge an alternative conception of affluent, transit-rich, and diverse inner-ring suburbs and their obligations to steward affordable housing development. To implement this conception on the ground, I consider the opportunities …
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The importance of corporate ownership and control structures in economic sovereignty
… significantly diminished. Not only the number of policy tools at their disposal has been reduced, but the pressures of global integration have decreased the effectiveness of those remaining. This dissertation discusses how the state can increase the effectiveness of these remaining policy tools …
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The political economy of co-ordination challenges in the National Health Service: a postpositivist evaluation of diabetes policy and governance
… methodology suited to the evaluation of policy and governance in complex policy areas. While extensive literatures exist on the topic of policy evaluation, governance evaluation has received less attention. At the level of governance, policymakers confront choices between different policy …
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Reducing Provincial Drug Plan Costs Through Regional Pooled-Purchasing Agreements
… Provinces currently employ a collection of policy tools that have not proven to be effective in reducing the cost of these essential programs. Current policy tools are generally designed and implemented unilaterally and are not conducive to inter-provincial collaboration. The result is that …
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The private enforcement of anti-monopoly law in a transitional China: an analysis from economic and comparative perspectives
… relationship between law enforcement and other policy tools such as advocacy and education, and 2) the relationship between public and private enforcement, given China’s developmental stage. China should also draw particular attention to the sequencing and pacing of reforms and the optimal level …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what kind of green roof policy, if any, would be politically and …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what kind of green roof policy, if any, would be politically and …
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Implementation of New Childcare Policies in New Orleans
… and the long-term. States have used a variety of policy tools to regulate child care and to attempt to improve the quality of care. Louisiana has recently implemented a new policy called the Quality Rating System. Directors of centers in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, were interviewed to determine the …
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A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in Commerical Banks: Case Studies from the United States and the United Kingdom
… banks and that certain CSR-related public policy tools appear to be more effective at supporting CSR than others.
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The design of effective policies for the promotion of sustainable construction materials
This research explores the associated effects of policy tools employed to promote sustainable building materials. By comparing the original motivations and intended effects of these policies and their actual outcome, and subsequently understanding the reasons behind any disparities between them, we …
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Improving the Innovation Performance of Ireland’s Dairy Industry: An Innovation Systems Approach
… and implemented to effect the achievement of policy goals. A variety of methods are used to provide new empirical, theoretical and policy relevant knowledge concerning innovation activity at various points in the Irish agri-food sector. The research is organised into three separate studies. …
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Jihadist Extremism and Its Roots in Religiously Motivated Terrorism
… its main retaliatory response. In recent years, tools other than force have been used but it is argued that they have been largely underutilized. This thesis argues that in order for terrorism to be deterred or contained, U.S. strategies must consist of a whole-of-government approach which …
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Municipal strategies for affordable housing : incenting an exacting public goods from private developers
… studies the next generation of municipal housing policy by asking, "How can cities effectively use the private-sector to promote affordable housing development?" In response, it looks at an array of public-sector municipal policy tools ranging from incentives to exactions. In particular, it …
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A New Era for the Old Dominion: Strategies for the Virginia State Government to Lead an Equitable & Ambitious Energy Transition
… a transformation in the approach to economic policy in the United States: it is a move away from neoclassical economic policy and a move towards mission driven industrial policy. In this era of transition, the emerging clean energy industry faces a particular legal regime where much of the …
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A case study of investment in agricultural sustainability: adoption and policy issues for nitrogen pollution control in the Chesapeake Bay drainage
… conducted to examine the impact of alternative policy tools on adoption incentives. Both financial incentives and education and information programs are found to be important tools for influencing producers' decisions. Producers' interest in the alternative systems and desire for information on …
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Innovation Network Policy in Canada: Federal and Provincial Differences
Innovation network policy is a type of industrial policy that first emerged in the 1980s. The goal of innovation network policy is to establish connections between private enterprises, universities, public research institutions, and other innovative organizations, thereby stimulating collaborative …
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