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Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega
For instructional purposes, I'll be conducting a policy analysis using Eugene Bardach's model (8 steps). I am taking suggestions for which policy issue to analyze). Comment on my research blog or drop a comment here on my Facebook page. Thanks! http://www.raulpacheco.org/2009/10/a-ste
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Professor Eugene Bardach is, in my opinion, one of the most practical policy analysts out there. An emeritus professor at University of California Berkeley, Professor Bardach wrote a practical, widely cited, the Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving: A Practical Guide to Policy Analysis. ...
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A recent issue of the Springer journal Energy Efficiency is focused on how much we gain from energy efficiency (in regards to climate change). Please spread the word generously. Thanks.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p72w
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, Mark D. Levine, Hiroshi Yoshino, Takashi Inoue, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Shuichi Miura, Tomoki Sera, Masahiro Nishio, Yasuhiro Sakamoto and Wataru Fujisaki
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Edited my teaching sub-page. http://www.raulpacheco.org/teaching/
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Environmental problems don’t recognize national frontiers. Climate change, desertification, deforestation, global water scarcity are all problems that affect us regardless of geographical location. ...
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Just found out about the International Day for Climate Action (October 24th). The Vancouver event http://bit.ly/2coQ4n - please share with your networks if you deem worthy.
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A country as wealthy and privileged as Canada can afford to take bold action on global warming. We should be setting an example for the world -- not waiting to see what other countries do!
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Liveblogging the Metro Vancouver Regional Forum on Waste Management (September 15th, 2009 at the Morris Wosk Centre for Dialogue)
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Regional Forum – Waste Management (Vancouver) [Metro Vancouver Future of the Region Forums] – Raul P
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I am attending the Metro Vancouver Regional Forum on Waste Management (in Vancouver) at the Morris Wosk Centre for Dialogue, as part of their series of forums on the Future of the Region.
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Since I teach Public Policy and most of my research agenda is in environmental policy (comparative), I figured you might benefit from the Free Access to the journal Policy Science that Springer is providing. Check the link.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0032
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Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega My research on watershed and river basin councils has led me to ponder the complexities of cross-jurisdictional policy issues and how these need to be examined with a multidisciplinary perspective. I probe the case of the Metro Vancouver here.
In search of the right scale of governance: Cross-jurisdictional planning and policy issues in the L
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One of the biggest pitfalls I encountered while I was undertaking my PhD and studying traditional policy analysis was a lack of cross-disciplinary perspectives that would inform my research. I was introduced to the field of integrated assessment as an analytical framework by my former PhD advisor. ...
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Increased density is considered part and parcel of an urban development strategy with sustainability-oriented goals. In this post, I probe the complexities associated with Vancouver's EcoDensity project. I question whether it is really possible to increase affordability from a planning policy perspective.
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Vancouver’s evolutionary urban and industrial development trajectories have been documented by several scholars (Barnes et al, 1992, Hutton 1997, 2004, Barnes and Hutton 2009) in the past couple of decades. ...
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega There is a very lively discussion on my research blog about Critical Mass. So far very constructive (quite opposite to the case of some mainstream media sites). If you join, please keep comments constructive, clean and positive. This is NOT a situation of "us against them" and should never be. Also, please rest assured that I am a big proponent of cycling.
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One of the most powerful manifestations of a democratic society is the ability of citizens to raise their voices wanting to be heard on policy issues. Social movements and environmental non-governmental ...
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Please remember that comparative scorecards of carbon offsetting companies is also somewhat subjective. Just posted about this on my research blog.
http://www.raulpacheco.org/2009/07/carbo
Carbon offsets, scorecards and the David Suzuki Foundation Guide to Purchasing Carbon Offsets - Raul
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While climate change policy is not one of my strongest and core areas of research, I am familiar with the literature, particularly as it applies to my other pursuits. Integrated assessment (IA, the methodological ...