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Evaluating Environmental Policies and Programs

  

Topics

bulletEfficiency and use of market-based approaches
bulletEquity and environmental justice/racism
bulletEconomic, political, financial, and technical feasibility
bulletDecision making models - rational, incrementalism, garbage-can models
bulletC/B analysis
bulletRisk assessment
     

Readings

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L: Ch. 5

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RES 26, 27

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R: Ch. 4, 5

bullet Handouts - Environmental Justice #1
bullet Handouts - Environmental Justice #2
   

Lecture Notes

bullet View or print lecture notes as a adobe acrobat file
bulletAdditional readings and web resources related to this topic can also be found on my PLS 505 website if you are having trouble understanding the materials in the lecture notes.
         

Web Resources

The following agency websites may prove useful as we move through the semester. 
bullet GAO Report: Environmental Justice: EPA needs to take additional actions to help ensure effective implementation (GAO-12-77)
bullet GAO Report - Environmental Indicators: Better Coordination is Needed to Develop Environmental Indicator Sets that Inform Decisions (GAO-05-52)
bulletEcojustice Network
bulletEPA's Office of Environmental Justice
bulletGeneral Accounting Office (GAO) report on environmental justice that casts doubt on claims of disparate impacts
bullet Website that has report that looks at environmental justice and its beginnings in Warren County, NC
   

Book's that Might Be of Interest

Some good books on program evaluation include:
bulletWholey, Joseph S., Harry P. Hatry, and Kathryn E. Newcomer (eds.). 1994. Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
bulletCook, Thomas D. And Donald T. Campbell. 1979. Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
bulletPatton, Michael Quinn. 1990. Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods. Second Edition. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications.
bulletRossi, Peter H. and Howard E. Freeman. 1993. Evaluation: A Systematic Approach. Fifth Edition. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
There are a wide variety of books describing different approaches to evaluating alternatives and different ways to develop research designs, collect data, and analyze data including:
bulletNeustadt, Richard E. and Ernest R. May. 1986. Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decisionmakers. New York, NY: The Free Press.
bulletWeiner, David L. and Aidan R. Vining. 1992. Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
bulletQuade, E. S.. 1989. Analysis for Public Decisions. Third Edition.  Revised edition by Grace M. Carter. New York, NY: Elsevier Science Publishing Co.
bulletPatton, Carl V. and David S. Sawicki. 1993. Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
bulletMajone, Giandomenico. 1993. Evidence, Argument, and Persuasion in  the Policy Process. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
bulletRossi, Peter H. and Howard E. Freeman. 1993. Evaluation: A  Systematic Approach. Fifth Edition. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE publications
bulletSingleton, Royce A., Jr., Bruce C. Straits, and Margaret Miller Straits. 1993. Approaches to Social Research. Second  Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press
bulletCook, Thomas D. and Donald T. Campbell. 1979. Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
bulletRoe, Emery. 1994. Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

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