Modeling Boundaries of Concern among Conflicting Stakeholders
Publication: Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 8, Issue 4
Abstract
When public and private stakeholders gather to address a shared concern, they implicitly or explicitly bound the problem in geographic space. Implicit bounding involves identifying the problem and then considering the spatial ramifications. Explicit bounding may be invoked by governing agencies of a metropolitan region. These implicit or explicit boundaries of concern are evident in recent discourse about the post-Katrina impact on communities in the New Orleans area. Analysis of such discourse reveals differences of understanding that result from individual experience as well as social influences. Individual affiliations with social institutions such as nonprofits, local governments, industry, and agriculture implicitly shape the boundaries of concern for shared land and water resources allocated in regional infrastructure decisions.
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Biographies
Dr. Metcalf is an assistant professor in geography at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she specializes in dynamic modeling of urban environments. Prior to her graduate work in geography at the University of Illinois, she earned master's degrees in chemical engineering and business through the Leaders for Manufacturing program at MIT. She can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].
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Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 8 • Issue 4 • October 2008
Pages: 255 - 262
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© 2008 ASCE.
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Published online: Oct 1, 2008
Published in print: Oct 2008
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