Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Policy and Leadership faculty. This department was founded in 2016, and replaces the School of Environmental & Public Affairs.
Submissions from 2008
New book chapter reviewing Mojave Desert revegetation practices is forthcoming, Scott R. Abella
Plant recruitment in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest: Testing seed- and leaf litter- limitation hypotheses, Scott R. Abella
We're moving into UNLV's new Science and Engineering Building, Scott R. Abella
Opportunities for new collaborative projects, Scott R. Abella and Jill E. Craig
Vegetation of Grassy Remnants in the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada, Scott R. Abella and Jill E. Craig
Plant community response to fire: A chronosequence study, Scott R. Abella and E. Cayenne Engel
Changes in gambel oak densities in southwestern ponderosa pine forests since Euro-American settlement, Scott R. Abella and Peter Z. Fule
Fire effects on gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine-oak forests, Scott R. Abella and Peter Z. Fule
Estimating soil seed bank characteristics in Ponderosa Pine Forests using vegetation and forest-floor data, Scott R. Abella and Judith D. Springer
Executive-Legislative Relations: Where You Sit Really Does Matter, E. Lee Bernick and Ethan M. Bernick
Opinion on Nanotechnology: Risk, Benefits, and Regulation, John C. Besley, Victoria L. Kramer, and Susanna Hornig Priest
Agency typology and performance: Results from OMB’s PART analysis and scorecard initiative, Thomas J. Greitens and M. Ernita Joaquin
Determinants of Program Performance: Results from OMB’s PART Analysis, Thomas J. Greitens and M. Ernita Joaquin
Chronic disease, homeland security, and sailing to where there be dragons, David M. Hassenzahl
Risk assessment, environmental/occupational, David M. Hassenzahl and A. M. Finkel
Bureaucratic politics and adaptation in implementing the President’s agenda, M. Ernita Joaquin
Contract management: A P.A. education for boundary managers., M. Ernita Joaquin
Under-compliers, over-compliers, and middle-compliers: Exploring the mechanisms of agency compliance in the implementation of President Bush's competitive sourcing policy, M. Ernita Joaquin and Thomas J. Greitens
How homeland security themes are taught in graduate public administration programs, M. Ernita Joaquin and Christine G. Springer
Housing in the nation’s micropolitan areas: A first look, Robert E. Lang and Karen A. Danielsen
Dollars without sense: The mismatch between the No Child Left Behind accountability system and title 1 funding, Anna Lukemeyer, William D. Duncombe, and John Yinger
The No Child Left Behind Act: Have federal funds been left behind?, Anna Lukemeyer, William D. Duncombe, and John Yinger
Do federally-mandated school performance measures affect housing values: Evidence from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, Helen R. Neill and Anna Lukemeyer
Rural communities and the Nevada Test Site: What environmental issues matter to nearby residents?, Helen R. Neill and Jennifer Ward
Leadership and public service motivation in U.S. federal agencies, Sung Min Park and Hal G. Rainey
North American Audiences for News of Emerging Technologies: Canadian and U.S. Responses to Bio- and Nanotechnologies, Susanna Hornig Priest
A Geographic analysis of the impact of scale and isolation on coping with hazards on small islands, William J. Smith
Conservation rates: The best ‘new’ source of urban water during drought, William J. Smith
Managers making the most of crises, Christine G. Springer
Managing with foresight and insight, Christine G. Springer
Managing with foresight and insight, Christine G. Springer
Organizational credibility counts, Christine G. Springer
Strategically managing resources and revenue, Christine G. Springer
Strategic management in action, Christine G. Springer
Strategic management of crises, Christine G. Springer
Zero waste by 2030: A system dynamics simulation tool for stakeholder involvement in Los Angeles' solid waste planning, Krystyna Anne Stave
Group model building wins: The results of a comparative analysis, Krystyna Anne Stave and Michael Dwyer
Assessing the effectiveness of systems thinking interventions in the classroom, Krystyna Anne Stave and Megan Hopper
Turnover among city administrators: The role of political and economic change, Christopher Stream, Richard Feiock, James Clingermayer, and Barbara Coyle McCabe
Submissions from 2007
Propagation protocol for vegetative production of container Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray plants (1 gallon container), Scott R. Abella
Forest-floor treatments in Arizona ponderosa pine restoration ecosystems: No short-term effects on plant communities, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Past, present, and future old growth in frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States, Scott R. Abella, W. Wallace Covington, Peter Z. Fule, Leigh B. Lentile, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, and Penelope Morgan
Public Land Acquisition and Ecological Restoration: An Example from Northwest Ohio's Oak Openings Region, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, and Timothy A. Schetter
Plant Succession in the Eastern Mojave Desert: An Example from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Southern Nevada, Scott R. Abella, Alice C. Newton, and Dianne N. Bangle
Seed Banks of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape: Responses to Environmental Gradients and Fire Cues, Scott R. Abella, Judith D. Springer, and W. Wallace Covington
Estimating Organic Carbon from Loss-On-Ignition in Northern Arizona Forest Soils, Scott R. Abella and Brian W. Zimmer
How the other half lives: Tenure differences and trends in rental gated communities, Karen A. Danielsen
A Proactive approach for particulate matter air pollution management, Stephanie Fincher and Krystyna Anne Stave
Agency strategy, strength, and adaptation: Implementation of the Bush administration’s competitive sourcing policy, M. Ernita Joaquin
P.A. in the era of competitive sourcing: Quality, qualitatively, M. Ernita Joaquin
The Competitive sourcing policy, M. Ernita Joaquin
Understanding Receptivity to Genetically Modified Foods, John T. Lang and Susanna Priest
Abiotic and Biotic Factors Explain Independent Gradients of Plant Community Composition in Ponderosa Pine Forests, Daniel C. Laughlin and Scott R. Abella
Species richness and soil properties in Pinus ponderosa forests: A structural equation modeling analysis, Daniel C. Laughlin, Scott R. Abella, W. Wallace Covington, and James B. Grace
The Impact of U.S. national and state level policy on the nature and scope of K-12 virtual schooling, Anna Lukemeyer, Kent J. Crippen, and Leanna Archambeault
Mid-spring burning reduces Spotted Knapweed and increases native grasses during a Michigan experimental grassland establishment, Neil W. MacDonald, Brian T. Scull, and Scott R. Abella
Recommendations for proposed well locations in the Pahute Mesa Area at the Nevada Test Site, Helen R. Neill
Valuing the impact of environmental contamination with a hedonic property model: A comparison of distance estimates, Helen R. Neill and Djeto D. Assane
Estimating the effect of air quality: Spatial versus traditional hedonic price models, Helen R. Neill, David M. Hassenzahl, and Djeto D. Assane
Antecedents, mediators, and consequences of affective, normative, and continuance commitment: Empirical tests of commitment effects in federal agencies, Sung Min Park and Hal G. Rainey
Selenium concentrations in water and plant tissues of a newly formed arid wetland in Las Vegas, Nevada, James Pollard, James Cizdziel, Krystyna Anne Stave, and Michelle Reid
Fall 2006 USC nanotechnology expert survey: Preliminary results, Susanna Hornig Priest
Communication counts, Christine G. Springer
Leaving a leadership legacy, Christine G. Springer
Making the message matter, Christine G. Springer
Managing through strategic agendas, Christine G. Springer
Putting a face on organizational innovation, Christine G. Springer
Taking the time to rebuild trust in government, Christine G. Springer
What constitutes systems thinking: A proposed taxonomy, Krystyna Anne Stave and Megan Hopper
Spatial and temporal behavior of microwave backscatter directional modulation over the Saharan Ergs, Haroon Stephen and David G. Long
Estimating the impact of air quality with a spatial hedonic: Geostatistical versus weight matrix approaches, Shruti Tandon, Helen R. Neill, Djeto D. Assane, and David M. Hassenzahl
Submissions from 2006
Effects of smoke and fire-related cues on Panstemon barbatus seeds, Scott R. Abella
Forest Ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape: Multifactor Classification and Implications for Ecological Restoration, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Vegetation-Environment Relationships and Ecological Species Groups of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape, USA, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Diameter Caps for Thinning Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Viewpoints, Effects, and Tradeoffs, Scott R. Abella, Peter Z. Fule, and W. Wallace Covington
Canopy-tree influences along a soil parent material gradient in Pinus-ponderosa-Quercus gambelii forests, northern Arizona, Scott R. Abella and Judith D. Springer
Editors’ review roundtable: Is New Orleans a resilient city?, Karen A. Danielsen and Robert E. Lang
Managing PM10 in the Las Vegas Valley, Stephanie Fincher and Krystyna Anne Stave
Implications of excessive precision for risk comparisons: Lessons from the past four decades, David M. Hassenzahl
Uncertainty, climate change and nuclear power, David M. Hassenzahl
Comparing the effectiveness of system dynamics with traditional methods of learning about wetland ecosystems, Megan Hopper and Krystyna Anne Stave
Legal challenges to the No Child Left Behind Act: Implications for public school finance, Anna Lukemeyer
Privatization of prisons: Impact on prison conditions, Anna Lukemeyer and Richard McCorkle
Costing out implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Is it an under-funded mandate?, Anna Lukemeyer, John Yinger, and William D. Duncombe
Public discourse and scientific controversy: A spiral of silence analysis of biotechnology opinion in the U.S., Susanna Hornig Priest
The North American Opinion Climate for Nanotechnology and Its Products: Opportunities and Challenges, Susanna Hornig Priest
The public opinion climate for gene technologies in Canada and the United States: Competing voices, contrasting frames, Susanna Hornig Priest
Disaster coverage does little to promote call for change, Susanna Hornig Priest, Jrhuey Jessica Leu, Sonya Duhé, Thomas Klipstine, and Douglas Fisher
Well siting recommendation to DOE from the Nevada Test Site Community Advisory Board: A case study on public involvement, Savanna Reid and Helen R. Neill
Managing conflict to build consensus, Christine G. Springer
Lessons from LUTAQ: Building systems thinking capacity into land use, transportation, and air quality planning in Las Vegas, Nevada, Krystyna Anne Stave and Michael Dwyer
One year after Katrina: Tragedy of the Crescent City, Christopher Stream and R. Paul Battaglio
The relationship between news media coverage and people volunteering for clinical trials, Christopher Stream and Gary Mans
The chicken or the egg: A recent history of public opinion and tax reform in Florida, Christopher Stream and Barbara Coyle McCabe
Water user institutions, social capital, and technology transfer in Central Asia, Edward P. Weber, John Pierce, Mark Stephan, Madina Khalmirzaeva, Nicholas Lovrich, and Hakim Salokhiddinov
Submissions from 2005
Smoke-cued germination of forest understory species, Scott R. Abella
Editors’ review roundtable: Cities and the creative class, Karen A. Danielsen and Robert E. Lang
Modeling the relationship between population and land development under changing land use policies, Michael Dwyer and Krystyna Anne Stave
The Effect of uncertainty on ‘risk rationalizing’ decisions, David M. Hassenzahl