scholarly journals Streamflow statistics and drainage-basin characteristics for the Puget Sound region, Washington; Volume 1, Western and southern Puget Sound

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Williams ◽  
H.E. Pearson ◽  
J.D. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Streamflow Statistics ◽  
Puget Sound Region

Use of Traveler Information in the Puget Sound Region: Preliminary Multivariate Analysis

2000 ◽  
Vol 1719 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnan Viswanathan ◽  
Konstadinos G. Goulias ◽  
Paul P. Jovanis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Model Specification ◽  
User Cost ◽  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Puget Sound Region

Recent developments in information technologies, providing new ways to disseminate and use information, may help alleviate congestion, reduce user cost and time, and enhance safety. This influence of technology use, however, is mediated by telecommunication and information technology ownership and use. A multivariate probit model specification is used to determine how these parameters influence traveler decision making when one is confronted with information about traffic problems before making a trip to work or school, en route to or from work or school, and before making a trip from work or school. Addressed is the key relationship between telecommunication and information technology ownership and use with travel decisions when information about traffic problems is available. Data from the Puget Sound region for 1997 are used in the analysis. The results suggest technology ownership and use influence travel decision making in different ways for each stage of travel—before leaving home, en route, and returning home.

scholarly journals Climate change and the Puget Sound: Building the legal framework for adaptation

Climate Law ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yee Huang ◽  
Robert L. Glicksman ◽  
Catherine O’Neill ◽  
William L. Andreen ◽  
Victor Flatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Adaptation Policies ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change ◽  
Puget Sound Region

Regardless of the efforts governments may take to mitigate the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and other human activities on climate change, the need for society to adapt to climate change is unavoidable. Adapting to the myriad impacts of climate change will require actions at all levels of government. This article focuses on the anticipated impacts of climate change on the Puget Sound region in the northwestern United States as an example of the range of problems climate change will present and of the solutions available to governments and others interested in avoiding or minimizing the adverse impacts of climate change. As a guide for policy-makers, the article offers general principles for formulating climate change adaptation policies, suggestions for changes in decision-making processes that make them more suitable for addressing the unpredictable impacts of climate change, and strategies for adapting to three specific categories of climate change effects: impacts on the hydrologic cycle, sea-level rise, and altered meteorological conditions. The strategies and recommendations analysed in the article can provide a model for climate change adaptation policies, both in the Puget Sound region and more broadly, that are both environmentally protective and socially equitable.

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