Dissertation Research: Evaluating the National Estuary Program: A Case Study of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study

论文研究：评估国家河口计划：阿尔伯马尔-帕姆利科河口研究案例研究

• 批准号: 9520394
• 负责人: Michael Orbach
• 金额: $ 0.33万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-08-01 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9520394&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Evaluating; National; Estuary

Early federal efforts at environmental management were straightforward regulatory programs under which an agency would set standards that industries had to meet. However, over time it has become apparent that such narrow approaches to protecting the environment are insufficient. Stakeholders in environmental management, including scientists, environmental managers, and the public, recognize that environmental management involves diverse and often conflicting values, scientific complexity, and whole ecosystems. People have different concepts of what is important and how to manage the systems. In response to this challenge, new institutions have been developed for improving environmental policy, by integrating these diverse values. One example is the National Estuary Program (NEP), a federally-funded planning effort in which regions convene Management Conferences to study and plan for critical estuaries over a five-year period. One of the first completed National Estuary Programs is the Ablemarle Pamlico Estuarine Study (APES) in North Carolina. This research is an in-depth historical case study of APES to determine how effective it was at incorporating diverse values for the estuarine system. The research uses document analysis of program minutes, correspondence, budgets and reports; interviews with key staff and APES Management Conference participants; and a standardized survey of all participants. Results will include an explanation of the decision-making process within APES, including how values were elicited, debated, and incorporated in the APES planning recommendations. The research will assess how well this innovative institution accomplished NEP goals of improving the use of science, involving the public and integrating management agencies. The findings will have application to other environmental management efforts.

早期联邦在环境管理方面的努力是简单的监管计划，根据该计划，一个机构将制定行业必须满足的标准。 然而，随着时间的推移，这种狭隘的环境保护方法显然是不够的。 环境管理的利益相关者，包括科学家、环境管理者和公众，认识到环境管理涉及多种且经常相互冲突的价值观、科学的复杂性和整个生态系统。 人们对于什么是重要的以及如何管理系统有不同的概念。 为了应对这一挑战，人们建立了新的机构，通过整合这些不同的价值观来改善环境政策。 一个例子是国家河口计划 (NEP)，这是一项由联邦资助的规划工作，其中各地区召开管理会议，在五年内研究和规划关键河口。 第一个完成的国家河口计划之一是北卡罗来纳州的阿伯马尔·帕姆利科河口研究 (APES)。 这项研究是对 APES 的深入历史案例研究，旨在确定它在整合河口系统的不同价值方面的有效性。 该研究使用项目会议纪要、信件、预算和报告的文件分析；对主要工作人员和 APES 管理会议参与者的访谈；以及对所有参与者的标准化调查。 结果将包括对 APES 内决策过程的解释，包括如何引出、辩论价值观并将其纳入 APES 规划建议中。 该研究将评估这个创新机构如何实现 NEP 改善科学利用、公众参与和整合管理机构的目标。 研究结果将应用于其他环境管理工作。