The national parks of North America are great public treasures, visited by 300 million people each year. Set aside to be kept in relatively natural condition, these remarkable places of forests, rivers, mountains, and wildlife still inspire our "capacity for wonder." Today, however, the parks are threatened by increasingly difficult problems from both inside and outside their borders. This book, enriched with personal anecdotes of the author's trips throughout the parks of North America, examines changes in the park services of the United States and Canada over the past fifteen years. William...
The national parks of North America are great public treasures, visited by 300 million people each year. Set aside to be kept in relatively natural co...
The resurgence of state involvement in policymaking in recent years has renewed a long-standing debate about the most effective role for states within a federal system of government. In "The Dimensions of Federalism," William R. Lowry assesses and examines the responsiveness and innovation of state governments in the area of air and water pollution control policies. Building a theoretical model that demonstrates the relationship between state and federal governments, Lowry combines econometric analysis of data on all fifty states with an in-depth study of a leading state in each of four major...
The resurgence of state involvement in policymaking in recent years has renewed a long-standing debate about the most effective role for states within...
The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanaged. America's well-being depends upon the health of those rivers and important decisions go beyond just dam-building or dam removal. American rivers are suffering from poor water quality, altered flows, and diminished natural habitat. Current efforts by policymakers to change the ways American rivers are managed range from the removal of dams to the simulation of seasonal flows to the restoration of habitat, all with varying degrees of...
The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanag...
Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future generations. Providing intergenerational goods, ranging from balanced budgets to space programs and natural environments, is particularly challenging because most political incentives reward short-term behavior. Lowry examines the effort of institutional structure on the public delivery of these goods. He offers a theoretical framework accounting for both the necessary conditions--public demand, political stability, and official...
Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how effectively and under what conditions governments can provide g...
By the turn of the millennium, it had become painfully apparent that the United States had made some serious misjudgments in its interactions with the natural world. The country's treasured national parks, while remaining immensely popular tourist destinations, were not immune to the damage. Preservation alone would no longer be enough; by this time, repair and restoration were necessary.
Can the United States reverse the mistaken policies that severely damaged the crown jewels of its national park system? This thoughtful and hopeful book, in turns analytical and personal, investigates...
By the turn of the millennium, it had become painfully apparent that the United States had made some serious misjudgments in its interactions with ...
The resurgence of state involvement in policymaking has renewed a long-standing debate about the effective role for states within a federal system of government. This book examines the responsiveness and innovation of state governments in the area of air and water pollution control policies. It is aimed at students of American public policy.
The resurgence of state involvement in policymaking has renewed a long-standing debate about the effective role for states within a federal system of ...
