EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM
Course Number: PADM
6163
Course Title: Environmental
Policy Analysis
Semester: Fall,
2001, Tuesday 6:30-9:30
Instructor: Professor
William R. Mangun
Office: Brewster
Hall 134 Telephone: 328-6156 E-mail: mangunw@mail.ecu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday
3:30-5:30;
Thursday
3:30-5:30
Course
Description: This
course deals with analysis of the political, economic, and regulatory issues
associated with protection and enhancement of the quality of the physical
environment in which we exist. The
course focus is placed on analytical needs with respect to the formation of
environmental and natural resource policies and the techniques required to
develop adequate solutions to the problems that environmental and natural
resource managers confront on a daily basis.
Particular emphasis is placed on the development of research skills that
will allow the student to become reasonably knowledgeable about the manner in
which environmental policies are formulated, changed, or terminated.
Prerequisites: Some
knowledge of biological and ecological
relationships would be helpful but is not required. Students in need of a
good review of ecological principles should consider acquiring the following
book: Frank B. Golley, A Primer for
Environmental Literacy. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1998. This book
provides a concise overview of ecological principles for the layperson.
Required
Textbooks: Virginia
H.Dale and Mary R. English, eds., Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making. New York: Springer-Verlag, Inc., 1999.
Dipak
K. Gupta, Analyzing Public Policy: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2001.
Gerrit
J. Knaap and T. John Kim, eds., Environmental Program Evaluation: A Primer. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press,
1998.
Ken
Sexton, et al., eds., Better Environmental Decisions: Strategies for
Governments, Businesses, and Communities.
Washington, DC: Island
Press, 1999.
Recommended: Samuel B. Green, Neil J. Salkind, and
Theresa M. Akey, Using SPSS for Windows: Analyzing and Understanding Data,
2nd Edition. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
National
Research Council, Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem Solving:
Concepts and Case Studies Washington, DC: National Academy Press,
1986). (Student will have to special
order this book through the student stores)
Optional Books:
William R. Mangun and Daniel H. Henning, Managing the
Environmental Crisis: Incorporating Values into Natural Resource Decisionmaking,
2nd ed. Durham: Duke
University Press, 1999.
Course
Requirements:
This course will have a highly interactive format. Brief lectures will be used to address
theoretical considerations and practical applications in support of the
assigned readings. Students will make
presentations based on assigned readings.
Students will be expected to utilize data from the textbooks, material
distributed in the classroom, government documents, and other valid sources to
conduct an analysis of an environmental policy issue or problem of their
choosing, in collaboration with the professor.
Students are encouraged to identify an issue early in the semester,
confer with the professor as to acceptability for analysis, and get started on
the formulation of a research design that will be used for the analysis. Students will be expected to have read
assigned readings prior to class and already thought about the material in
order to facilitate in-class discussions and understanding of the subject
matter.
Evaluation:
Grades will be based on a mid-term examination (30%) and a
detailed problem analysis of a specific environmental issue or problem
(mutually agreed upon by the student and the professor by the 3rd week
of classes) due at the end of classes (50%).
Twenty percent of each student's final grade will be based on the
instructor's subjective evaluation of the student's in-class participation with
regard to preparation for discussion of readings.
Aug 21INTRODUCTION
Discussion of public policy concepts and process. Discussion of the elements of a research
design for policy analysis [William Dunn, Public Policy Analysis is on
reserve], discussion of research design issues in intergovernmental policy
research identified by Goggin, et al. (ch.8) [the book is on reserve, M.L.
Goggin, et al. Implementation Theory and Practice].
Required Reading:
Gupta, chs. 1-3.
Aug 28POLICY ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
Required Reading:
Gupta, chs. 4-6;
Joonas Hokkanen and
Pekka Salminen, “Choosing a solid waste management system using multicriteria
decisioin analysis,” European Journal of Operational Research 98 (1997)
19-36.
Recommended Reading:
“Northwest Fisheries
Management: An Analysis,” pp:1-17 in David L.Weimer and Aidan R.Vining, Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice,
3rd edition (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999).
Richard A. Checile, “Introduction to Environmental Decision
Making,” Environmental Decision Making: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
(New York: Van Nostrand-Reinhold,1991), pp.1-13;
Sept 4 POLICY ANALYSIS
METHODS AND STRUCTURING POLICY PROBLEMS
Required Readings:
Carl V. Patton and David S. Sawicki, Basic Methods of
Policy Analysis and Planning, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996, chapters 1-3. [ON
LIBRARY RESERVE]
William N. Dunn, Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction,
2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1994, chapter 5 “Structuring Policy Problems.” [ON LIBRARY
RESERVE]
Recommended Readings:
Phil Brown, “Popular Epidemiology and Toxic Waste
Contamination: Lay and Professional Ways of Knowing,” Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, Vol.33 (September):267-281. [ON PROQUEST]
Leslie M. Reid, Robert R. Ziemer, and Thomas E. Lisle,
“Approaching Messy Problems: Strategies for Environmental Analysis,”
Proceedings of EPA 1996 National Conference on Watersheds
(http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/Proceed/reid.html)
Sep 11 ENVIRONMENTAL
DECISION MAKING AND SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO RESEARCH DESIGN IN
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS AND SOURCES OF DATA
Required Readings:
Dipak Gupta, ch. 7.
Mary R.English, Virginia H.Dale, Claire Van Riper-Geibig,
and Wendy Hudson Ramsey, pp. 1-31, “Overview [of Tools to Aid Environmental
Decision Making];
C. Richard Cothern and N. Phillip Ross, “Uncertainties in
Assessing the State of the Environment: An Overview of Environmental
Statistics, Assessment, and Forecasting,” pp. 1-16 in Cothern and Ross, eds, Environmental
Statistics, Assessment, and Forecasting.
Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 1994. [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Peter Nijkamp, Environmental Policy Analysis: Operational
Methods and Models. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 1980, chapters 1-3. [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Recommended Readings:
George S. Tolley, Philip E. Graves, and Glenn C. Blomquist,
“The Environment: Methodology and Approach,” Environmental Policy: Elements
of Environmental Analysis (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing, 1981),
pp.1-21. [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Kent E. Portney, “Analyses of Public Environmental Policies,”
Approaching Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction to Policy and Program
Research (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1986, pp. 19-48 [ON LIBRARY
RESERVE];
Kenneth H. Reckhow, "Importance of Scientific
Uncertainty in Decision Making," Environmental Management, Vol. 18,
No. 2, pp. 161-166.
Sep 18 ENVIRONMENTAL
DECISION MAKING AND RESEARCH DESIGN IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS AND
MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS
Required Readings:
Dipak Gupta, chs. 8, 9, 10.
Michael E. Kraft, “Making Decisions
About Environmental Policy,” pp.15-36 in Ken Sexton, et al., eds., Better
Environmental Decisions: Strategies for Governments, Businesses, and
Communities (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999 [ON LIBRARY RESERVE];
James K. Lein, “The Nature of Environmental Decision
Making,” Environmental Decision Making: An Information Technology Approach
(London: Blackwell Science, 1997), pp.11-39 [ON LIBRARY RESERVE];
Mary R. English, “Environmental Decision Making By
Organizations: Choosing the Right Tools, pp. 57-76 in Ken Sexton, et al., Better
Environmental Decisions [ON LIBRARY RESERVE];
Douglas M. Brown, "Multiple Approaches to Environmental
Decisions," pp. 25-45 in Process Engineering and Pollution Control and
Waste Minimization, Donald L. Wise and Debra J. Trantolo, eds. (New York:
Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994) [ON LIBRARY RESERVE];
Sep 25 GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) and ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS
Required Readings:
Jeffrey P. Osleeb and Sami Kahn, “Integration of Geographic
Information,” pp. 161-191 in Dale and English;
Alvin M. Pesachowitz, “Geographic Information System (GIS)
for Environmental Decision Making,” pp. 287-297 in C. Richard Cothern and N.
Phillip Ross, eds., Environmental Statistics, Assessment and Forecasting
(Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1994); [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Eliot J. Christian and Timothy L. Gauslin, “Mechanisms to
Access Information About Spatial Data,” pp. 312 in Cothern and Ross, eds., Environmental
Statistics, Assessment and Forecasting. [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
“Watershedss,” (http://h2osparc.wq.ncsu.edu/about.html) (re:
an expert system for watershed assessment and evaluation)
Recommended Reading:
V. Kerry Smith, Kurt A. Schwabe, and Carol Mansfield, “Does
Nature Limit Environmental Federalism,” Duke Economics Working Paper Number
#97-01 (http://www.econ.duke.edu/Papers/Abstracts97/abstract.97.01.html) To
download this paper, you will need to download Postscript onto your computer.
Oct 2 VALUING THE
ENVIRONMENT: ECONOMIC VALUES
Required Readings:
Dipak Gupta, chs. 9 and 14.
Robin Gregory, “Identifying Environmental Values,” pp. 32-61
in Dale and English;
David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining, “Benefit-Cost
Analysis,” pp. 331-381 in Weimer and
Vining, Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice, 3rd edition
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999).
John C. Whitehead,
“Economic Benefits of Improved Water Quality: A Case Study of North Carolina’s
Tar-Pamlico River,” Rivers, Vol.3, No.3, pp.170-178.
Recommended Reading:
W. Michael Hanemann,
“Valuing the Environment through Contingent Evaluation,” Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Fall 94, Vol.8, Issue 4, pp.
19-44. [ON EBSCO]
Maureen L. Cropper and Wallace E. Oates, “Environmental
Economics: A Survey,” Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXX (June
1992), pp. 675-740. [ON EBSCO]
Oct 9 VALUING THE
ENVIRONMENT: NONECONOMIC GOALS, PROJECTION TECHNIQUES, AND HISTORICAL DATA
Required
Readings:
Dipak
Gupta, chs. 9 and 10.
William R. Freudenburg, “Tools for Understanding the
Socioeconomic and Political Settings for Environmental Decision Making,” pp.
94-129 in Dale and English.
Recommended:
Paul R. Kleindorfer, “Understanding Individuals’
Environmental Decisions: A Decision Sciences Approach,” pp. 37-56 in Ken
Sexton, et al., Better Environmental Decisions [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Oct 16 REGULATIONS
Required Readings:
Mary L. Lyndon, “Characterizing the Regulatory and Judicial
Setting,” pp. 130-160 in Dale and English;
Richard D. Morgenstern, “Introduction to Economic Analyses
at EPA,” pp. 1-4 in Richard D. Morgenstern, ed., Economic Analyses at EPA:
Assessing Regulatory Impact (Washington, DC: Resources for the Future,
1997);
Richard D. Morgenstern, “The Legal and Institutional Setting
for Economic Analysis at EPA,” pp. 5-23 in Economic Analyses at EPA; Richard D. Morgenstern, “Conducting
an Economic Analysis: Rationale, Issues, and Requirements,” pp. 25-47 in Economic
Analyses at EPA. [ON LIBRARY RESERVE]
Recommended Readings:
National Research
Council, Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem-Solving
(Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1986), pp. 1-134. The focus here is on
the use of ecological knowledge such as information about populations and
population interactions, community ecology, materials and energy, scales in
space and time, projects as experiments, indicator species and biological
monitoring, and dealing with uncertainty in environmental problem-solving.
Oct 16 ASSESSMENT AND
NARROWING OF OPTIONS WITH REGRESSION TECHNIQUES AND DECISION TREES
Readings:
Dipak Gupta, chs. 11 and 12.
Miley W. Merkhofer, “Assessment, Refinement, and Narrowing
of Options,” pp. 231-284 in Dale and English;
Oct 23 TAKE HOME MID-TERM EXAMINATION
Oct 30 NEPA ANALYSIS
Readings:
Frederic March, Ch.
3, “Analysis,” pp. 47-87 in
Frederic March, NEPA Effectiveness:
Mastering the Process (Rockville, MD: Government Institutes, 1998).
Nov 6 NEPA ANALYSIS
CONTINUED
Readings:
Charles H. Eccleston, The NEPA Planning Process: A
Comprehensive Guide with Emphasis on Efficiency. New York: Wiley and Sons, 1999, chs. 1-3 and 9. [On Reserve]
Nov 13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM EVALUATION
Readings:
Gilbert Bergquist and Constance Bergquist, “Post-Decision
Assessment,” pp. 285-316 in Dale and English.
Virginia H. Dale and Mary R. English, “Next Steps for Tools
to Aid Environmental Decision Making,” pp. 317-328 in Dale and English.
Gerrit Knaap and T. John Kim, Environmental Program
Evaluation: A Primer (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998), chs.
1 and 10. [On Reserve]
Nov 20 FINAL
PAPERS DUE
Nov 27 PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
Dec 4 PAPER
PRESENTATIONS
Dec 11 Final
Exam