UG001
Interviews with Portland-Vancouver region government officials about water resource policies collected in 2011

CREATOR(S): Mark Stephan, Paul Thiers, Sean Gordon

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Sean Gordon, Mark Stephan, Paul Thiers

ORIGINATOR(S): Sean Gordon, Mark Stephan, Paul Thiers

DATA SET CONTACT PERSON: Sean Gordon

DATA SET CREDIT:

Ultra-Ex project, NSF

METADATA CREATION DATE:

1 Feb 2013

MOST RECENT METADATA REVIEW DATE:

16 Feb 2013

KEYWORDS:

public assessments, resource management, long term monitoring, watersheds, humans

PURPOSE:

The interview data were collected for two purposes: 1) To characterize the effects of biophysical/social feedback mechanisms built into policies, and 2) To identify what factors appear to make these policies more/less effective.

METHODS:

Experimental Design - UG001:

Description: Semi-structured interviews with the following set of core questions: 1. Please summarize your job for us. What is the scope of your work? How long have you been in this position? What previous work or academic training prepared you for this work? 2. What are some of the most important city (or county) policies, programs, plans related to water management? 3. In what ways are these policies, programs or plans implemented? For example, what sort of regulations, incentive programs, or citizen participation mechanisms have been used? 4. How would you characterize the city or county’s overall programmatic or strategic approach to water management? 5. How did this approach evolve – are there some particular historical events that stand out? Why and how have key policies changed or been adapted over time? 6. How (if at all) have governance structures changed or been adapted? That is to say, how have personnel and organizations responsible for the policies changed over time? 7. What types of technical information come into policy or management decisions? 8. What kinds of input come from non-technical sources?

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

None

SITE DESCRIPTION:

Oregon: Metro, City of Portland (Bureau of Environmental Services, Bureau of Planning & Sustainability) Washington: Clark County (Clark County Environmental Services & others), City of Vancouver (Public Works & others)

TAXONOMIC SYSTEM:

None

GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT:

Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area

MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY:

One-time sample

PROGRESS DESCRIPTION:

Complete

UPDATE FREQUENCY DESCRIPTION:

notPlanned

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE:

Ground condition

RELATED MATERIAL:

Portland Vancouver Ultra-Ex project