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onceptualising joint knowledge production in regional climate change adaptation projects: success conditions and levers for action Dries Heggera, ,  [Author Vitae], Machiel Lamersb, c [Author Vitae], Annemarie Van Zeijl-Rozemab [Author Vitae], Carel Dieperinka [Author Vitae] a Environmental Governance, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands b International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development (ICIS), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands c Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands Available online 20 February 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.01.002, How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions & Reprints View full text Purchase Abstract Matching supply and demand for knowledge in the fields of global change and sustainability is a daunting task. Science and public policy differ in their timeframes, epistemologies, objectives, process-cycles and criteria for judging the quality of knowledge, while global change and sustainability issues involve value pluralities and large uncertainties. In literature and in practice, it is argued that joint knowledge production in projects through collaboration between (and within) science and policy serves as a means to bridge the gap between the two domains. However, an assessment framework for analysing the merits and limitations of such projects, identifying good practices and enabling adaptive management as well as social learning had not yet been developed. This paper aims to develop such a framework. We portray joint knowledge production projects as policy arrangements in which the degree of success depends on the actors involved, contents of dominant discourses, presence of rules and the availability of resources. Literature was discussed to specify these four dimensions into seven success conditions for j

Welcome to CURACAO Urban road user charging is at the same time uniquely capable of reducing the problems of urban travel, and uniquely difficult to implement. Those cities which have implemented urban road user charging have all achieved reductions in traffic entering the charging zone in the range of 14% to 23%. This represents a change in travel patterns which cannot be approached by any other available transport policy instrument. Yet over the last five years, in which schemes have been implemented successfully in Milan, Stockholm and Valetta, ten UK cities and two US cities have decided to abandon plans for charging, despite substantial government grants designed to encourage such schemes. In Edinburgh and Manchester these decisions were made in the public glare of referenda which rejected charging proposals by majorities of 70% to 80%. It is clear that there are serious barriers to the pursuit of urban road user charging, and that cities need guidance if they are to make better use of this potentially powerful transport policy tool. This shortfall, between the potential of urban road user charging and the progress of its actual implementation, has been the focus of a three year project funded by the European Commission: CURACAO - Coordination of Urban Road User Charging Organisational Issues. The aim of CURACAO has been to support the implementation of urban road user charging as a demand management tool in urban areas. The project did this by working with a user group of 20 cities interested in pursuing road user charging to identify the barriers to their doing so, and providing evidence on ways of overcoming those barriers. Evidence was provided both through a State of the Art Report, which reviewed international evidence on each of 14 themes of interest to the cities, and through a set of 16 case studies of successful implementations, current plans and abandoned proposals. In addition to the State of the Art Report and the Case Study Report, results have b

Mobility Pricing Stakeholder Forum Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto -- Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Healthy Transport Consulting and our partners are proud to announce that the Transport Futures "Mobility Pricing Stakeholder Forum" - our sixth since 2008 -- will take place in Toronto on November 22nd. The Forum will build on the success of our previous educational events by focussing on gas taxes, parking fees and road pricing, especially as these measures relate to public acceptance. As detailed in our exciting agenda, the packed day of learning and interactive discussion will commence with keynote presentations by a top transport economist and a mobility pricing psychologist. With their assistance, a panel of diverse stakeholders will then spend the rest of the day responding to cutting-edge case studies and providing delegates with their viewpoints on five main barriers to mobility pricing implementation: technology, equity, investment, governance and leadership. Our esteemed speakers include: Kurt Van Dender,Chief Economist, International Transport Forum at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Jens Schade, Associate Professor, Dresden University of Technology Teresa Di Felice, Director of Government & Community Relations, CAA South Central Ontario David Hill, Senior Project Manager, Practice Leader, Parking Solutions, MMM Group Royson James, Columnist, The Toronto Star Richard Joy, Vice President, Policy & Government Relations, Toronto Board of Trade Gregory Thomas, Federal/Ontario Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation ... and more to be confirmed soon! As a delegate, you will have plenty of time to ask questions, provide feedback and network. Proceedings will be captured in order to create a 3-pronged educational/social outreach strategy that explicitly explains costs and benefits for government, business and the general public. This mobility pricing strategy will be used as the basis for a series of community workshops across

Special Issue Section: Institutional Reform in Land Passenger Transport Editorial 2 Competition and ownership in land passenger transport: New directions   Pages 1141-1142 David A. Hensher, John Stanley  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles     Purchase $ 31.50 3 Transacting under a performance-based contract: The role of negotiation and competitive tendering  Original Research Article Pages 1143-1151 David A. Hensher, John Stanley  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles     Purchase $ 31.50 4 Competitive tendering in The Netherlands: Central planning vs. functional specifications  Original Research Article Pages 1152-1162 Didier van de Velde, Wijnand Veeneman, Lars Lutje Schipholt  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles     Purchase $ 31.50 5 The South African experience with negotiated versus competitively tendered bus contracts  Original Research Article Pages 1163-1175 Jackie Walters, D. Cloete  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles     Purchase $ 31.50 6 Provision of public transport under conflicting regulatory regimes  Original Research Article Pages 1176-1182 Roger Vickerman  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles     Purchase $ 31.50 7 Bus transport: Is there a regulatory cycle?  Original Research Article Pages 1183-1194 Ken Gwilliam  Show preview  |   Related articles  |  Related reference work articles

Sustainable transport: planning for walking and cycling in urban environments Rodney S. Tolley 0 Resenhas Woodhead Publishing, 2003 - 713 páginas As traffic congestion and pollution increase in cities round the world, the need for sustainable modes of transport has never been more urgent. Edited by a leading authority in the field, and with a distinguished international team of over 50 contributors, Sustainable transport describes how best to plan and implement a sustainable urban transport system.