Molly K. Macauley

The Value of Information

Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health

The book examines applications in two disparate fields linked by the importance of valuing information: public health and space. Researchers in the he...

Using Economic Incentives to Regulate Toxic Substances

Using case studies, the authors evaluate the potential attractiveness of incentive-based policies for the regulation of four specific toxic substances...

Data Policy Issues and Barriers to Using Commercial Resources for Mission to Planet Earth

This study assesses the data policy issues and barriers to using commercial resources to support the objectives of this program....

United States Civil Space Policy

Summary of a Workshop

In 2004, the NRC released a workshop report about the future direction of the U.S. civil space program. At the same time, the Administration announced...

Spatially and Intertemporally Efficient Waste Management: the Costs of Interstate Flow Control

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Integrating Adaptive Management and Ecosystem Services Concepts to Improve Natural Resource Management

Challenges and Opportunities

[Text of "Conclusion" section:] In summary, careful and deliberate integration of adaptive management and ecosystem services approaches has the potent...

Economics and Technology in U.S. Space Policy

Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Washington, D.C., June 24-25, 1986

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