Market-Based Environmental Management Sessions at NARSC and Publication Opportunity
I am seeking manuscript proposals for themed sessions related to market-based approaches for environmental management to be presented at the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) sponsored by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Denver Hotel from Wednesday, November 10th to Saturday, November 13th, 2010. Manuscripts presented in the conference will be considered for inclusion in a themed issue of The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy (JRAP). I will serve as guest editor for an issue based on the theme of “Market-Based Approaches for Environmental Management” to be published in 2011. The environmental service in question can be air, water, land, or holistic ecosystem perspectives. You can learn more about the conference at the NARSC Website at: http://www.narsc.org/. Assuming a sufficient quantity of high-quality submissions, the JRAP issue is envisioned as including 9-12 manuscripts with approximately one-third focusing on policy analysis and two-thirds focusing on quantitative analysis. The policy analysis can be quantitative or qualitative, but has to be smart and disciplined comparative analysis or an insightful exposition about the conditions needed to allow market-based approaches to succeed. The quantitative analysis component will include research about how environmental markets work, how to design markets that function well and garner strong participation, how to establish a fair perceived value for ecosystem services, or how government policies help or hinder markets. JRAP is a Web-Based open-access journal with a 39-year history of publishing applied research helping to solve urban and rural issues at the local, regional and national levels. We will strive to emphasize applied research, and welcome contributions from our international friends. We will maintain the spirit of peer review ensuring that every paper receives multiple anonymous reviews. JRAP is sponsored and financially supported by Mid-Continent Regional Science Association. The RSAI is an international scholarly organization that focuses on regional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory to applied problems in regional development, sustainability, environmental management, and rural land use. We are an interdisciplinary association, with members representing fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics, public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography, finance, sociology, demography and more. The annual North American RSAI conference is the premier regional science meeting in North America and attracts scholars and practitioners from around the world. A block of rooms have been reserved at the Grand Hyatt Denver for the nights of the 8th through the 13th of November, at a rate of $199 per night for a single or double. Please send your paper proposal to me at [email protected] by July 31, 2010. I will coordinate submission and registration into the conference submission system. Only persons willing and able to attend the Denver RSAI conference this November to present a completed manuscript need respond. Prospective participants in the project should submit a statement of interest including a one-page abstract. John Leatherman John Leatherman Office of Local Government Department of Agricultural Economics Kansas State University 331G Waters Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-4026 Phone: 785-532-4492 Fax: 785-532-6925 NEW E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.oznet.ksu.edu/olg
