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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Shaping The Future Of Southern Nevada Conference Key Points, Ron Smith
Shaping The Future Of Southern Nevada Conference Key Points, Ron Smith
Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability
General summary of key points raised at the conference
Concurrent Panel Session 1: Sustainability In Community Development And Architecture In Las Vegas, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Craig Galati, Mary Kay Peck, Jeff Roberts, Suzanne Sanders, Richard Serfas
Concurrent Panel Session 1: Sustainability In Community Development And Architecture In Las Vegas, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Craig Galati, Mary Kay Peck, Jeff Roberts, Suzanne Sanders, Richard Serfas
Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability
Moderator: David Frommer, AIA, UNLV Planning & Construction Scribe: Michael Spurr, UNLV Department of History Conference white paper & Full summary of panel session, 5 pages
Shaping The Future Of Southern Nevada Moderators & Panelists Biographies
Shaping The Future Of Southern Nevada Moderators & Panelists Biographies
Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability
Moderators & Panelists biographies
Session 9 - The Century Of Living Dangerously, Part Ii: Confronting Uncertainty, R. J. Bogumil
Session 9 - The Century Of Living Dangerously, Part Ii: Confronting Uncertainty, R. J. Bogumil
International Symposium on Technology and Society
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methodological limitations as well as environmental application-specific features confound much needed objective analysis and hope for equitable remediation of anthropogenic climate change. Issues addressed include: risk subjectivism, the difficulty of mathematical and computer model prediction-validity assessment associated with chaotic system dynamics, as well as standards of scholarship and the obstacle to societal reform posed by commercial, consumer-driven mass-media journalism.
Session 6 - The National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa): Is It All That It Can Be? The Case For Evaluating Stigma Effects, Dennis Bechtel
Session 6 - The National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa): Is It All That It Can Be? The Case For Evaluating Stigma Effects, Dennis Bechtel
International Symposium on Technology and Society
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has long been regarded as the“Magna Carta” of environmental policy legislation. The government in implementing its requirements on NEPA is required to evaluate potential environmental impacts from “significant” projects, to examine alternatives to proposed actions, and to enable the public to provide meaningful input to decision-makers. Despite the significance of NEPA there is evidence to suggest that environmental impact analyses may in fact be understating potential negative effects to citizens and communities. In particular potential impacts associated with stigma have been almost universally ignored in documents prepared under NEPA. The proposed high-level nuclear waste …
Presentation To Senior Leadership The Center For Academic Enrichment And Outreach, Public Lands Institute
Presentation To Senior Leadership The Center For Academic Enrichment And Outreach, Public Lands Institute
Presentations (PLI)
- Strengthen the national fabric in support of public lands.
- Provide people of all ages with opportunities to participate in the enjoyment, protection, and responsible use of our public lands.
- Engage and inspire people to actively participate in the enjoyment, protection and responsible use of our public lands.
- Create high-quality, relevant, up-to-date knowledge to solve problems and make effective decisions about public lands.
Sustainable Las Vegas 2007, City Of Las Vegas, Nevada
Sustainable Las Vegas 2007, City Of Las Vegas, Nevada
Publications (SD)
This publication is dedicated to the citizens of Las Vegas, to the 3,000 men and women
who serve them at the city of Las Vegas and to future generations who will make Las
Vegas their home. Together we are working to create a world-class city of today, as well as
continuing to maintain that lofty status well into the future. It is this essence of promoting
our greatness into the years ahead that is at the heart of a concept known as sustainability.
Throughout this publication we have listed what the city is doing to make sure all will be …