dc.contributor.author	Medearis, Dale Garner	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Nelson, Arthur C.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Beatley, Timothy	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Lang, Robert E.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Khademian, Anne M.	en
dc.contributor.department	Environmental Design and Planning	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:08:59Z	en
dc.date.adate	2007-06-28	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:08:59Z	en
dc.date.issued	2007-04-02	en
dc.date.rdate	2007-06-28	en
dc.date.sdate	2007-04-05	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper addresses an apparent knowledge vacuum in the U.S. in the area of international urban environmental planning and the transfer of urban environmental planning practices. This gap is characterized by a dearth of understanding about the process of transfer and adaptation of environmental and urban planning policies into the U.S. from overseas in general, and from Germany in particular. Little is available or has been articulated about the conditions that support or inhibit the voluntary transfer of urban environmental policies into the U.S. and the outcomes. Improving understanding of cross-national transfer of urban environmental policies from countries such as Germany may strengthen the testing and application of appropriate and beneficial programs to heal urban environments in the U.S. This dissertation concerns itself with governmental urban environmental policies, ideas and lessons which have evolved in Germany and are candidates for potential voluntary transfer into the U.S. The intention of this dissertation is to shed light on the process of voluntary policy transfer of urban environmental and planning policies from Germany to the United States. The specific research questions addressed in this dissertation include: 1) In the context of the voluntary transfer, is the acquisition and use of imported information a more rational or more an anarchic process?; 2) What factors enhance or limit the voluntary transfer of urban environmental planning policies from Germany to the United States?; 3) Are there identifiable effects of voluntary transfer of urban environmental planning policies from Germany to the United States? This dissertation concludes that voluntary transfer of German urban environmental and planning policies is a relatively anarchic process. The search and testing of policies from Germany to the U.S. is not often conducted in purpose-driven or goal-oriented contexts. This dissertation also posits that voluntary transfer of German urban environmental and planning policies relies on determined policy entrepreneurs with cosmopolite qualities who bridge environmental and planning communities in both countries. It also suggests that the predominant outcomes of harvesting urban environmental and planning policies are soft transfers of ideas and concepts rather than hard transfers of laws and regulations. Finally, it is suggested that cross-national policy transfer is a “knowledge trail” comprised of unstructured acquisition of information and intuitive learning characteristics, followed by almost parallel implementation, confirmation and decision processes.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-04052007-200323	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04052007-200323/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26650	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	IRBForm.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	MedearisDissertation2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	IRBFORM2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	MedearisDissertation1.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Urban Planning	en
dc.subject	Policy Transfer	en
dc.title	Considerations Concering the Transfer of Urban Environmental and Planning Policies From Germany to the United States	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Environmental Design and Planning	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

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