Vanessa R Levesque
Biographic Data
| ID | 6505162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanessa R Levesque |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanessa R |
| FAMILY NAME | Levesque |
| SIGNATURE | LEVESQUE V R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2965-3545 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the resilience adaptive capacities of rural municipal governments
We explored the adaptive capacities of rural municipal governments in Maine, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed staff from 20 municipalities representing a range of geographic and governance characteristics. Municipalities demonstrated limited economic development capacity. They were able to develop new information and communication strategies, yet struggled to reach all their residents. Rural governments demonstrated high community…
Governance in the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in higher education
The role of municipal digital services in advancing rural resilience
Organizational change for sustainability education
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how the process of creating and implementing sustainability competencies across a university illuminate dynamics of organizational change. The push to advance education for sustainable development in higher education will likely require transformation of existing policies and practices. A set of shared sustainability competencies could guide the integration of sustainability throughout an institutio…
Facilitating use of climate information for adaptation actions in small coastal communities
Municipalities are key agents in the transition to sustainability, and yet we have poorly developed theories and practices for how to facilitate the use of climate information by local governments in adapting to climate change. Existing research suggests that climate information is more likely to lead to adaptation actions when it is coproduced by researchers and policy makers because doing so increases the likelihood that the content of informat…
Undercurrents
Coastal communities, including those surrounding the Gulf of Maine, are facing considerable challenges in adapting to increased flood resulting from sea-level rise, and these challenges will remain well past 2050. Over the longer term (decades to centuries), many coastal communities will have to retreat inland away from the coast and toward something new. To date, there appears to be little consideration of how arts and humanities could be levera…
University teaching staff and sustainable development
Covid-19
The crisis caused by COVID-19 has affected research in a variety of ways. As far as research on sustainable development is concerned, the lockdown has significantly disrupted the usual communication channels and, among other things, has led to the cancellation of meetings and long-planned events. It has also led to delay in the delivery of research projects. There is a gap in the literature in regards to how a global crisis influences sustainabil…
Vernal Pool Conservation
Conservation of natural resources is challenging given the competing economic and ecological goals humans have for landscapes. Vernal pools in the northeastern US are seasonal, small wetlands that provide critical breeding habitat for amphibians and invertebrates adapted to temporary waters, and are exceptionally hard to conserve as their function is dependent on connections to other wetlands and upland forests. A team of researchers in Maine joi…
Actions speak louder than words
Turning Contention into Collaboration
Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a c…
Planning for Sustainability in Small Municipalities
How and why small municipalities promote sustainability through planning efforts is poorly understood. We analyzed ordinances in 451 Maine municipalities and tested theories of policy adoption using regression analysis.We found that smaller communities do adopt programs that contribute to sustainability relevant to their scale and context. In line with the political market theory, we found that municipalities with strong environmental interests, …
Citizen science and natural resource governance
McGreavy, B., A. J. K. Calhoun, J. Jansujwicz, and V. Levesque. 2016. Citizen science and natural resource governance: program design for vernal pool policy innovation. Ecology and Society 21(2):48.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08437-210248
Sustainability science graduate students as boundary spanners
Planning for Sustainability in Small Municipalities
How and why small municipalities promote sustainability through planning efforts is poorly understood. We analyzed ordinances in 451 Maine municipalities and tested theories of policy adoption using regression analysis.We found that smaller communities do adopt programs that contribute to sustainability relevant to their scale and context. In line with the political market theory, we found that municipalities with strong environmental interests, …
Turning Contention into Collaboration
Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a c…
Sustainability science graduate students as boundary spanners
Covid-19
The crisis caused by COVID-19 has affected research in a variety of ways. As far as research on sustainable development is concerned, the lockdown has significantly disrupted the usual communication channels and, among other things, has led to the cancellation of meetings and long-planned events. It has also led to delay in the delivery of research projects. There is a gap in the literature in regards to how a global crisis influences sustainabil…
The role of municipal digital services in advancing rural resilience
University teaching staff and sustainable development
Actions speak louder than words
Citizen science and natural resource governance
McGreavy, B., A. J. K. Calhoun, J. Jansujwicz, and V. Levesque. 2016. Citizen science and natural resource governance: program design for vernal pool policy innovation. Ecology and Society 21(2):48.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08437-210248
Sustainability science graduate students as boundary spanners
Turning Contention into Collaboration
Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a c…
Planning for Sustainability in Small Municipalities
How and why small municipalities promote sustainability through planning efforts is poorly understood. We analyzed ordinances in 451 Maine municipalities and tested theories of policy adoption using regression analysis.We found that smaller communities do adopt programs that contribute to sustainability relevant to their scale and context. In line with the political market theory, we found that municipalities with strong environmental interests, …
Citizen science and natural resource governance
McGreavy, B., A. J. K. Calhoun, J. Jansujwicz, and V. Levesque. 2016. Citizen science and natural resource governance: program design for vernal pool policy innovation. Ecology and Society 21(2):48.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08437-210248
Vernal Pool Conservation
Conservation of natural resources is challenging given the competing economic and ecological goals humans have for landscapes. Vernal pools in the northeastern US are seasonal, small wetlands that provide critical breeding habitat for amphibians and invertebrates adapted to temporary waters, and are exceptionally hard to conserve as their function is dependent on connections to other wetlands and upland forests. A team of researchers in Maine joi…
Actions speak louder than words
Undercurrents
Coastal communities, including those surrounding the Gulf of Maine, are facing considerable challenges in adapting to increased flood resulting from sea-level rise, and these challenges will remain well past 2050. Over the longer term (decades to centuries), many coastal communities will have to retreat inland away from the coast and toward something new. To date, there appears to be little consideration of how arts and humanities could be levera…
University teaching staff and sustainable development
Covid-19
The crisis caused by COVID-19 has affected research in a variety of ways. As far as research on sustainable development is concerned, the lockdown has significantly disrupted the usual communication channels and, among other things, has led to the cancellation of meetings and long-planned events. It has also led to delay in the delivery of research projects. There is a gap in the literature in regards to how a global crisis influences sustainabil…
Organizational change for sustainability education
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how the process of creating and implementing sustainability competencies across a university illuminate dynamics of organizational change. The push to advance education for sustainable development in higher education will likely require transformation of existing policies and practices. A set of shared sustainability competencies could guide the integration of sustainability throughout an institutio…
Facilitating use of climate information for adaptation actions in small coastal communities
Municipalities are key agents in the transition to sustainability, and yet we have poorly developed theories and practices for how to facilitate the use of climate information by local governments in adapting to climate change. Existing research suggests that climate information is more likely to lead to adaptation actions when it is coproduced by researchers and policy makers because doing so increases the likelihood that the content of informat…
Governance in the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in higher education
The role of municipal digital services in advancing rural resilience
Exploring the resilience adaptive capacities of rural municipal governments
We explored the adaptive capacities of rural municipal governments in Maine, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed staff from 20 municipalities representing a range of geographic and governance characteristics. Municipalities demonstrated limited economic development capacity. They were able to develop new information and communication strategies, yet struggled to reach all their residents. Rural governments demonstrated high community…
Political science (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Sustainability (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Environmental resource management (5 works) · Geography (5 works)