There are currently two major issues regarding Ph.D. scientists that are cause for concern. The first issue, adequacy of Ph.D. supply, follows from a general concern among educators and science policy specialists that the 1990s and beyond will usher in an era of general shortages for Ph D....

The reality of protected area management is that enforcing forest and parkboundaries is costly and so most likely incomplete, due in part to the pressures exerted on the boundaries by local people who often have traditionally relied on the park resources. Buffer zones are increasingly being...

This panel will discuss the research being conducted, and the models being used in three current coastal EPA studies being conducted on ecosystem services in Tampa Bay, the Chesapeake Bay and the Coastal Carolinas. These studies are intended to provide a broader and more comprehensive approach...

Climate change policy is likely on the horizon in the United States. A cap and trade program for CO2 will result in increased expenses for major emitting firms throughout the economy. Since the electric power sector emits 41% of the nations CO2 emissions, such a policy will have a significant...

Ecological functions of wetlands and streams provide valuable services to humansocieties, but conflicting societal objectives at times place greater value on conversionor destruction than on preservation of wetlands. Therefore, it is imperative thatregulatory structures provide a system for...

The purpose of this research is to examine the following research question: how has enforcement of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) adapted to the Big Box business system innovation? Additionally, the study explored the possible nature of regulatory choke points that may emerge from...

ZusammenfassungDie Diskussion über die Wechselwirkungen zwischen internationalem Handel und der Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen hat ihren Ursprung zu Beginn der 70er Jahre, als eine forcierte Umweltpolitik seitens der OECD-Länder eine Verschlechterung der Wettbewerbsposition umweltintensiv...

An aggregate integrated assessment model is used to investigate the relative merits of hedging over the near term against the chance that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide will be limited as a matter of global policy. Hedging strategies are evaluated given near term uncertainty about...