An agenda without a plan: Robert E Lucas’s trajectory through the public debate

This article explores Robert E. Lucas’s policy agenda and his engagement with the public debate between the late 1960s and late 1980s. It investigates how he interacted with the public debate by envisioning key principles of his macroeconomic theory and methodology, and how he promoted his policy agenda. An exploration of Lucas’s personal and professional archives sheds light on his participation in policy debates after the publication of his works, illustrating how Lucas built a discreet and cautious way of engaging with the public. Lucas did not propose a detailed program to implement his policy agenda, nor was he actively promoting his policy agenda. The article suggests that Lucas’s originality compared to his contemporaries was his belief on the ability of macroeconomics to scientifically devise binding policy rules that could be integrated in an economic constitution

Creating sustainable cities one building at a time: towards an integrated urban design framework

One of the tenets of urban sustainability is that more compact urban forms that are more densely occupied are more efficient in their overall use of space and of energy. In many designs this has been translates into high-rise buildings with a focus on energy management at their outer envelopes. However, pursuing this building focused approach alone means that buildings are treated as stand-alone entities with minimal consideration to their impact on the surrounding urban landscape and vice versa. Where urban density is high, individual buildings interact with each other, reducing access to sunshine and daylight, obstructing airflow and raising outdoor air temperature. If/when each building pursues its own sustainability agenda without regard to its urban context, the result will diminish the natural energy resources available to nearby buildings and worsen the outdoor environment generally. This paper examines some of these urban impacts using examples from the City of London where rapid transformation is taking place as very tall buildings with exceptional energy credentials are being inserted into a low-rise city without a plan for the overall impact of urban form. The focus of the paper is on access to sunshine and wind and the wider implications of sustainable strategies that that focuses on individual buildings to the exclusion of the surrounding urban landscape. The work highlights the need for a framework that accounts for the synergistic outcomes that result from the mutual interactions of buildings in urban spaces

Office of Christian Life & Service Guides GWU Students Toward Spiritual Relationship with God

Preparing students to think critically, succeed professionally, and to serve faithfully are elements of the mission and vision of Gardner-Webb University. University leaders say their desire for Gardner-Webb students is that they, like Christ, “grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52) Nonetheless, a goal is nothing without a plan to achieve it.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2748/thumbnail.jp

Declining Public Support for Public Higher Education in Pennsylvania - Manuscript

As I contemplate the decline in public financial support for my institution over the sixteen years since I arrived as president in 1992, I can state without fear of contradiction the following Assertion: California University of Pennsylvania is being privatized without a plan. The truth of this Assertion has implications for our University, our students, and most especially for our faculty, and those implications are challenging, inexorable and increasingly obvious

Town Planning

From an accidental city without a plan, Sydney has become a city with many plans. Some would say too many, and there have been endless rounds of planning system reform since the 1980s. The central city and suburbs no longer grow âlike topsyâ but with the greater metropolitan area still being propelled by market forces towards a population of seven million by the mid twenty-first century, there are new sets of pressures around both old (development versus environment, local-state tensions, congestion) and new (affordability, social polarisation, impacts of climate change) problems which inescapably challenge the first Australian city and the one most connected to the global economy

Developing a Program of Well-Being for Coptic Orthodox Clergy in the Diocese of Melbourne, Australia

This project aims to develop a holistic recommendation of policies, procedures, and practices that can contribute toward achieving better well-being for clergy that will equip and support them for healthy and sustainable ministerial practices. Without a plan for suitable intervention, the current situation could be quite harmful to both clergy and their congregations. Therefore, it is critical to develop processes and protocols that will facilitate the support and practices of the clergy of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia so they can lead a balanced and spiritually fulfilling life. Within the context of this project, I will use the word protocol to include policies, procedures, and practices

The Value and Problems of Digital Preservation for Historical Documents in China

China has been taking on large-scale digitization of historical documents. This paper summarizes four advantages of the digital preservation of historical documents from the practice of Chinese archives. First, it is good for protecting the originals; second, it makes the historical documents more convenient to use; third, it lays a resource foundation for the construction of digital archives; last, it is beneficial for utilizing historical documents. This paper also points out problems in China\u27s approach to the digital preservation of historical documents. First, it has been proceeding without a plan. Such a plan should be created by following the Value Principle and Use Principle. Second, the digitized documents have not been explored, which suggests a need for improvement in publicity and access

Digital topographic modelling in case with higher flood in the municipality Obrenovac

The town of Obrenovac is situated near the banks of three rivers, the Sava River, the Kolubara River and the Tamnava River. It looks like a modern town, though it has often developed in an unplanned manner. This causes huge problems as it thrives in a rough terrain, without a plan, which the communal infrastructure cannot follow. Today's needs in terms of spatial planning, envisaging projects and keeping track of a different kind of information on space demand that new technologies be applied since they make it possible for procuring efficient and reliable information as well as connecting and interconnecting various sorts of data. Also with advanced numerical GIS data and relief analysis we were successfully calculated consequence of the last big flood in 2014

Change Management Approach In Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP)

Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) is one of the methods used to build an information architecture. The most important thing in the EAP is a 'Planning'. EAP consists of four layers. Implementation plan on the EAP layer is the most important layer that aims to formulate and prepare a plan for implementation. Without the implementation plan will be architectural usually end up with only provide benefits that are not too meaningful to the business units. But unfortunately in the EAP layer implementation plan only highlight the technical factors and not too much to consider non-technical factors are also very important. Therefore need the additional consideration of non-technical factors using the concept of Change Management, which is a series of processes used to ensure that the significant changes made in a controlled and systematic. Keywords : component; EAP, implementation plan, change management