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LOCAL GROUND-LEVEL OZONE POLICIES: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
AND INSTITUTIONS IN ACHIEVING FEDERAL ATTAINMENT
by
Young Joo Chi
__________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(POLITICAL SCIENCE)
December 2010
Copyright 2010 Young Joo Chi
Object Description
| Title | Local ground-level ozone policies: Governance structure and institutions In achieving federal attainment |
| Author | Chi, Young Joo |
| Author email | ychi@usc.edu; young1177@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Politics & International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-11-22 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sellers, Jefferey M. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Barnes, John Schweitzer, Lisa |
| Abstract | The objective of this dissertation is to provide an explanation for the variation in ground-level ozone in the nation's metropolitan regions. Despite federal regulations that limit emission that contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, significant numbers of metropolitan regions have been experiencing a steady increase in their ground-level ozone. This dissertation attempts to answer why such variation exists amongst metropolitan regions in the U.S. in their outcomes to reduce ground-level ozone. While past research has examined the effects of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and its amendments, emphasis has been placed on the role of the federal and state governments in the process of reducing ground-level ozone. Although research on the involvement of federal and state governments provides imperative analysis on the reduction of ground-level ozone, the analysis is not complete without an examination of local contexts and their impact on ground-level ozone outcomes. Thus, this dissertation proposes that local institutions, actors, and governance structures must be examined when analyzing the outcomes of ground-level ozone reductions.; This dissertation proposes that local contexts are critical in the examination of the outcomes of ground-level ozone reductions. The local business and economy; local government's capacity, and the availability of effective regional governance structures all contribute to the variation of localities' outcomes in reducing ground-level ozone. Through in-depth case analyses of the Cities of Dallas and Houston and their regions, this dissertation provides an empirically-based explanation of local context and the influence it has on the outcomes of localities' ground-level ozone reduction. The case study analyses provide empirical evidence of the impact of local businesses, actors, governments, and regional governance structures on the outcomes of the two cities and their regions' ground-level ozone reduction rates. The interaction of local variables, such as institutions, economy structure, and regional governance structures, contributed to the two cases' outcomes in ground-level ozone trends. Thus, research on environmental issues and policies, in conjunction with the involvement of federal and state governments, must also take into account the local context when examining the outcomes of environmental regulations and policies. |
| Keyword | business and environment; ground-level ozone; local government capacity; regional governance |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3543 |
| Rights | Chi, Young Joo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Chi-4215 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Chi-4215.pdf |
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| Full text | LOCAL GROUND-LEVEL OZONE POLICIES: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND INSTITUTIONS IN ACHIEVING FEDERAL ATTAINMENT by Young Joo Chi __________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL SCIENCE) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Young Joo Chi |
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