Jesse L Barnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jesse L Barnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jesse L |
| FAMILY NAME | Barnes |
| SIGNATURE | BARNES J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1490-732X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How State Mandates Moderate the Utility Ownership and Conservation Relationship in Municipal Water Governance: Evidence From U.S. Water Reuse Policies
Municipalities are at the frontline of addressing water governance challenges, but local political pressures can stymie municipal conservation action. Some governance scholarship emphasizes the role of state-level policies in spurring municipal sustainability efforts, while other work argues local institutional arrangements—including municipal water utility ownership status—are drivers of local action. Guided by multilevel governance and institut…
Consumer knowledge and sustainable decision-making: A mixed-method inquiry and proposed model
Does Outsourcing Reduce Public Scrutiny Toward Elected Officials: Insights From US Municipal Water Management
Amidst 21st‐century climate‐related threats, municipal elected officials (EOs) may outsource public services to third parties to avoid the political costs of adopting “unpopular” sustainability policies—a strategy known as political decoupling. However, decoupling raises accountability concerns and may not improve sustainability, leading some municipalities to “recouple” services. To help understand the political impacts of these decisions, we as…
Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate‐Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems
Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well‐known cognitive and institutional constraints can impact information feedback processes, limiting a system's ability to incorporate feedback into policy designs. This study analyzes the role that institutions play in regulating feedback in coupled infrastructure systems (CIS) to support the…
Equity implications of efficient water conservation programs
Urban water management is increasingly challenged by the need to balance cost-effectiveness with equity considerations. This study presents a multi-objective approach to water conservation within the Las Vegas valley water district, analyzing a comprehensive dataset of water consumption and socioeconomic indicators across all single-family residences. We assess policy scenarios under two primary objectives: maximizing water savings to enhance eco…
The Transaction Costs of the Administrative Presidency: Evidence From a Trump-Era Clean Water Act Enforcement Reduction
Over the last two decades, political polarization has gridlocked federal congressional capacity to meet environmental regulatory demands. As a result, presidential authority has expanded to overcome this legislative impediment leading to a new era of “administrative presidency.” In this new era, presidents have increasingly used their administrative authority to meet politically driven environmental goals. Yet, we still know little about how fede…
How state-reinforced knowledge infrastructure influences adaptive urban water governance
Resilience and environmental governance scholars have long studied and debated the role of the state in driving or coordinating responses to the varied dimensions of adaptive governance. In this study, we empirically analyze how multilevel, state-reinforced institutional designs impact the adaptive governance of urban water systems by structuring information production and use. Specifically, we analyze the multilevel institutional designs of “kno…
Does Outsourcing Reduce Public Scrutiny Toward Elected Officials: Insights From US Municipal Water Management
Amidst 21st‐century climate‐related threats, municipal elected officials (EOs) may outsource public services to third parties to avoid the political costs of adopting “unpopular” sustainability policies—a strategy known as political decoupling. However, decoupling raises accountability concerns and may not improve sustainability, leading some municipalities to “recouple” services. To help understand the political impacts of these decisions, we as…
Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate‐Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems
Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well‐known cognitive and institutional constraints can impact information feedback processes, limiting a system's ability to incorporate feedback into policy designs. This study analyzes the role that institutions play in regulating feedback in coupled infrastructure systems (CIS) to support the…
The Transaction Costs of the Administrative Presidency: Evidence From a Trump-Era Clean Water Act Enforcement Reduction
Over the last two decades, political polarization has gridlocked federal congressional capacity to meet environmental regulatory demands. As a result, presidential authority has expanded to overcome this legislative impediment leading to a new era of “administrative presidency.” In this new era, presidents have increasingly used their administrative authority to meet politically driven environmental goals. Yet, we still know little about how fede…
How state-reinforced knowledge infrastructure influences adaptive urban water governance
Resilience and environmental governance scholars have long studied and debated the role of the state in driving or coordinating responses to the varied dimensions of adaptive governance. In this study, we empirically analyze how multilevel, state-reinforced institutional designs impact the adaptive governance of urban water systems by structuring information production and use. Specifically, we analyze the multilevel institutional designs of “kno…
Equity implications of efficient water conservation programs
Urban water management is increasingly challenged by the need to balance cost-effectiveness with equity considerations. This study presents a multi-objective approach to water conservation within the Las Vegas valley water district, analyzing a comprehensive dataset of water consumption and socioeconomic indicators across all single-family residences. We assess policy scenarios under two primary objectives: maximizing water savings to enhance eco…
The Transaction Costs of the Administrative Presidency: Evidence From a Trump-Era Clean Water Act Enforcement Reduction
Over the last two decades, political polarization has gridlocked federal congressional capacity to meet environmental regulatory demands. As a result, presidential authority has expanded to overcome this legislative impediment leading to a new era of “administrative presidency.” In this new era, presidents have increasingly used their administrative authority to meet politically driven environmental goals. Yet, we still know little about how fede…
How state-reinforced knowledge infrastructure influences adaptive urban water governance
Resilience and environmental governance scholars have long studied and debated the role of the state in driving or coordinating responses to the varied dimensions of adaptive governance. In this study, we empirically analyze how multilevel, state-reinforced institutional designs impact the adaptive governance of urban water systems by structuring information production and use. Specifically, we analyze the multilevel institutional designs of “kno…
Consumer knowledge and sustainable decision-making: A mixed-method inquiry and proposed model
Does Outsourcing Reduce Public Scrutiny Toward Elected Officials: Insights From US Municipal Water Management
Amidst 21st‐century climate‐related threats, municipal elected officials (EOs) may outsource public services to third parties to avoid the political costs of adopting “unpopular” sustainability policies—a strategy known as political decoupling. However, decoupling raises accountability concerns and may not improve sustainability, leading some municipalities to “recouple” services. To help understand the political impacts of these decisions, we as…
Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate‐Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems
Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well‐known cognitive and institutional constraints can impact information feedback processes, limiting a system's ability to incorporate feedback into policy designs. This study analyzes the role that institutions play in regulating feedback in coupled infrastructure systems (CIS) to support the…
How State Mandates Moderate the Utility Ownership and Conservation Relationship in Municipal Water Governance: Evidence From U.S. Water Reuse Policies
Municipalities are at the frontline of addressing water governance challenges, but local political pressures can stymie municipal conservation action. Some governance scholarship emphasizes the role of state-level policies in spurring municipal sustainability efforts, while other work argues local institutional arrangements—including municipal water utility ownership status—are drivers of local action. Guided by multilevel governance and institut…
Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Water resources management and optimization (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works)