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In 2016, Germany received approximately 50% of the 1.2 million asylum applications in the European Union. The applicants represented a population influx of displaced people that were accommodated primarily in urban settings, creating challenges for engineers and managers who needed to meet the new water and wastewater demands of the displaced persons without disrupting services to preexisting residents. To achieve this, local authorities and engineers had to consider temporary or permanent alterations to existing water and wastewater infrastructure—changes that could provoke opposition from a hosting community, depending on their perception of the changes. In this study, a modeling framework is proposed that allows decision makers to account for hosting communities’ perceptions of alternatives for providing water and wastewater infrastructure services to displaced persons. The framework uses an agent-based model that is enabled by publicly available information, a survey deployed to German communities, and interviews with stakeholders involved in the accommodation of displaced persons in Germany. Our results indicate that alternatives used by local authorities did not always align with community-supported alternatives. To minimize such misalignments, we recommend that local authorities, early on in developing infrastructure alternatives, take into account the perceptions of hosting communities. Ultimately, the proposed framework promotes the sustainable provision of water and wastewater infrastructure to displaced persons.
Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis. Journal of Management in Engineering 2021, 37, 04021035 .
AMA StyleFelipe Araya, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica A. Kaminsky. Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis. Journal of Management in Engineering. 2021; 37 (4):04021035.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. 2021. "Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis." Journal of Management in Engineering 37, no. 4: 04021035.
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
Emily Zechman Berglund; Nathalie Thelemaque; Lauryn Spearing; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky; Lina Sela; Erfan Goharian; Ahmed Abokifa; Juneseok Lee; Jonathan Keck; Marcio Giacomoni; Jakobus E. van Zyl; Brendon Harkness; Y. C. Ethan Yang; Maria Cunha; Avi Ostfeld; Leonid Kadinski. Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2021, 147, 02521001 .
AMA StyleEmily Zechman Berglund, Nathalie Thelemaque, Lauryn Spearing, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica Kaminsky, Lina Sela, Erfan Goharian, Ahmed Abokifa, Juneseok Lee, Jonathan Keck, Marcio Giacomoni, Jakobus E. van Zyl, Brendon Harkness, Y. C. Ethan Yang, Maria Cunha, Avi Ostfeld, Leonid Kadinski. Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 2021; 147 (5):02521001.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEmily Zechman Berglund; Nathalie Thelemaque; Lauryn Spearing; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky; Lina Sela; Erfan Goharian; Ahmed Abokifa; Juneseok Lee; Jonathan Keck; Marcio Giacomoni; Jakobus E. van Zyl; Brendon Harkness; Y. C. Ethan Yang; Maria Cunha; Avi Ostfeld; Leonid Kadinski. 2021. "Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 147, no. 5: 02521001.
By definition, equity is concerned with justice. On a societal level, equity is concerned with the just distribution of resources in society. Because a wide range of theories of just distribution exist, equity considerations are multifaceted and create a normative conceptual space in which theories can be considered, argued, and applied. In the past few decades, the concept of equity has received increasing attention within the transportation literature, both within academic journals and practice-oriented books and reports. These works present various theories of justice, either implicitly or explicitly, within the context of transportation financing, investments, and service allocations. While explicit normative reviews as well as arguments have been presented, implicit applications and imprecise definitions of equity theories have largely obfuscated and over-simplified this expansive topic. Within a predominantly western, US and euro-centric context, this article uses concepts and theories from the fields of social psychology, philosophy, and economics to understand and clarify the concept of equity within the field of transportation.
Elyse O'Callaghan Lewis; Don MacKenzie; Jessica Kaminsky. Exploring equity: How equity norms have been applied implicitly and explicitly in transportation research and practice. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 2021, 9, 100332 .
AMA StyleElyse O'Callaghan Lewis, Don MacKenzie, Jessica Kaminsky. Exploring equity: How equity norms have been applied implicitly and explicitly in transportation research and practice. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 2021; 9 ():100332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElyse O'Callaghan Lewis; Don MacKenzie; Jessica Kaminsky. 2021. "Exploring equity: How equity norms have been applied implicitly and explicitly in transportation research and practice." Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 9, no. : 100332.
The construction industry’s long-term health depends upon continued efforts to understand historically excluded students’ attrition from engineering programs. For women, lack of identification with engineering may motivate their departure. Because professional persistence relates to engineering identity, it benefits attrition interventions to understand this identity development. Focusing upon students demonstrating some persistence in engineering, this research examines if and how engineering identity differs across gender among upper-division undergraduates. Surveying 11 American public university civil and construction engineering programs, the authors capture how central engineering is to self-concept, how positively students view engineers and perceive others to view engineers, and how students feel they belong. Using structural equation modeling, the authors find that among upper-division students and compared with cis men, cis women more strongly define themselves as engineers, are more confident of their place among fellow engineers, and feel more positively about engineers. A stronger engineering identity may help cis women cope with marginalization and may be limited to the upper-division undergraduate years. This study offers guidance for sustaining upper-division cis women’s strong engineering identity.
Leigh C. Hamlet; Arkajyoti Roy; Giovanna Scalone; Regina Lee; Cristina Poleacovschi; Jessica Kaminsky. Gender and Engineering Identity among Upper-Division Undergraduate Students. Journal of Management in Engineering 2021, 37, 04020113 .
AMA StyleLeigh C. Hamlet, Arkajyoti Roy, Giovanna Scalone, Regina Lee, Cristina Poleacovschi, Jessica Kaminsky. Gender and Engineering Identity among Upper-Division Undergraduate Students. Journal of Management in Engineering. 2021; 37 (2):04020113.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeigh C. Hamlet; Arkajyoti Roy; Giovanna Scalone; Regina Lee; Cristina Poleacovschi; Jessica Kaminsky. 2021. "Gender and Engineering Identity among Upper-Division Undergraduate Students." Journal of Management in Engineering 37, no. 2: 04020113.
In 2019, the number of displaced persons worldwide reached a historic peak. When those displaced arrive in hosting cities, local utilities, often with no additional money, are tasked with meeting unexpected demands. One way to recoup these costs is to raise rates. However, publics are not always willing to share their own financial resources and utilities. In this empirical study, we quantitatively assess the residents’ perceived individual responsibility—or willingness to pay—for these expanded services. Here we seek to not only identify if an individual is willing to financially support the provision of services for those displaced via an increase in their own rates, but also, to quantify how long they are willing to support these services. Further, we explore factors that influence this perceived individual responsibility. Enabling this study is survey data from the German public in 2016, a time when the asylum seekers, who were displaced by instability in the Middle East, encountered increased public opposition. We find respondents who are male, wealthier, more highly educated, and more urban are more willing to pay for services for displaced populations. These results can inform awareness campaigns or changes in rates and rate structures.
K.M. Faust; A. Roy; S. Feinstein; C. Poleacovschi; J. Kaminsky. Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay? Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 68, 102785 .
AMA StyleK.M. Faust, A. Roy, S. Feinstein, C. Poleacovschi, J. Kaminsky. Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay? Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 68 ():102785.
Chicago/Turabian StyleK.M. Faust; A. Roy; S. Feinstein; C. Poleacovschi; J. Kaminsky. 2021. "Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay?" Sustainable Cities and Society 68, no. : 102785.
Jessica Kaminsky. Who Are We Talking To? Situating Construction Engineering and Management Knowledge. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 2021, 147, 06020003 .
AMA StyleJessica Kaminsky. Who Are We Talking To? Situating Construction Engineering and Management Knowledge. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 2021; 147 (2):06020003.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica Kaminsky. 2021. "Who Are We Talking To? Situating Construction Engineering and Management Knowledge." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 147, no. 2: 06020003.
Quantitative models of social differences have not only made major contributions to the fields of cross-cultural anthropology, psychology and sociology, but also have allowed for interdisciplinary studies that bring together engineering, life sciences, and social sciences. In this study, the authors use a data science approach to discover a set of quantitative social dimensions based on the World Values Survey, a nationally representative survey covering 60 countries and 90,000 individuals. Five national social dimensions, representing 198 questions and 56 countries are discovered using multidimensional item response theory (MIRT). They are (1) Religiosity, (2) Neutrality, (3) Fairness, (4) Skepticism, and (5) Societal Tranquility. This approach is unique from previous quantitative models because it groups responses by country and analyzes binary, nominal, and ordinal survey questions. It is possible today due to recent advancements in computing power and programming. Furthermore, this methodology tests the validity of previous quantitative dimensions and finds that some of the existing social and cultural dimensions are not clearly discernable. Therefore, this model provides not only more a rigorous methodology but also new social dimensions which more accurately quantify underlying differences across countries in the World Values Survey. Like other quantitative cross-cultural models, this model is a deeply simplified representation of national social differences. However, it is a useful tool for modeling national differences and can be used to help us understand the impacts of social preferences and values on different political, economic, and development variables.
Leigh Allison; Chun Wang; Jessica Kaminsky. Religiosity, neutrality, fairness, skepticism, and societal tranquility: A data science analysis of the World Values Survey. PLOS ONE 2021, 16, e0245231 .
AMA StyleLeigh Allison, Chun Wang, Jessica Kaminsky. Religiosity, neutrality, fairness, skepticism, and societal tranquility: A data science analysis of the World Values Survey. PLOS ONE. 2021; 16 (1):e0245231.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeigh Allison; Chun Wang; Jessica Kaminsky. 2021. "Religiosity, neutrality, fairness, skepticism, and societal tranquility: A data science analysis of the World Values Survey." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1: e0245231.
Social distancing policies (SDPs) implemented throughout the United States in response to COVID-19 have led to spatial and temporal shifts in drinking water demand and, for water utilities, created sociotechnical challenges. During this unique period, many water utilities have been forced to operate outside of design conditions with reduced workforce and financial capacities. Few studies have examined how water utilities respond to a pandemic; such methods are even absent from many emergency response plans. Here, we documented how utilities have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a qualitative analysis of 30 interviews with 53 practitioners spanning 28 U.S. water utilities. Our aim was to, first, understand the challenges experienced by utilities and changes to operations (e.g., demand and deficit accounts) and, second, to document utilities’ responses. Results showed that to maintain service continuity and implement SDPs, utilities had to overcome various challenges. These include supply chain issues, spatiotemporal changes in demand, and financial losses, and these challenges were largely dependent on the type of customers served (e.g., commercial or residential). Examples of utilities’ responses include proactively ordering extra supplies and postponing capital projects. Although utilities’ adaptations ensured the immediate provision of water services, their responses might have negative repercussions in the future (e.g., delayed projects contributing to aging infrastructure).
Lauryn A. Spearing; Nathalie Thelemaque; Jessica A. Kaminsky; Lynn E. Katz; Kerry A. Kinney; Mary Jo Kirisits; Lina Sela; Kasey M. Faust. Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACS ES&T Water 2020, 1, 888 -899.
AMA StyleLauryn A. Spearing, Nathalie Thelemaque, Jessica A. Kaminsky, Lynn E. Katz, Kerry A. Kinney, Mary Jo Kirisits, Lina Sela, Kasey M. Faust. Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACS ES&T Water. 2020; 1 (4):888-899.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLauryn A. Spearing; Nathalie Thelemaque; Jessica A. Kaminsky; Lynn E. Katz; Kerry A. Kinney; Mary Jo Kirisits; Lina Sela; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic." ACS ES&T Water 1, no. 4: 888-899.
Background Increasing engineering students' engagement with public welfare is central to promoting ethical responsibility among engineers and enhancing engineers' capacity to serve the public good. However, little research has investigated how student experience attempts to increase engagement with public welfare concerns. Purpose/Hypothesis This study identifies and analyzes the challenges facing efforts to increase engineering students' engagement with the social and ethical implications of their work through a study of students' experiences at two engineering programs that emphasize public welfare engagement. Design/Methods We conducted interviews with engineering students (n = 26) and ethnographic observations of program events, classes, presentations, and social groups (n = 60) at two engineering programs that focus on engagement with public welfare and foreground learning about the social context and social impacts of engineering. We analyzed these data to identify areas in which students experienced challenges integrating considerations of public welfare into their work. Results We found that four main areas where engineering students experienced difficulty engaging with considerations of public welfare: (a) defining and defending their identities as engineers; (b) justifying the value of nontechnical work and relevance to engineering; (c) redefining engineering expertise and integrating community knowledge into projects; and (d) addressing ambiguous questions and ethics. Conclusions This work contributes to knowledge about the barriers to increasing students' engagement with issues of public welfare, even when programs encourage such engagement. These findings are relevant to broader efforts to increase concerns for ethics, social responsibility, and public welfare among engineers.
Skye Niles; Santina Contreras; Shawhin Roudbari; Jessica Kaminsky; Jill Lindsey Harrison. Resisting and assisting engagement with public welfare in engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 2020, 109, 491 -507.
AMA StyleSkye Niles, Santina Contreras, Shawhin Roudbari, Jessica Kaminsky, Jill Lindsey Harrison. Resisting and assisting engagement with public welfare in engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education. 2020; 109 (3):491-507.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSkye Niles; Santina Contreras; Shawhin Roudbari; Jessica Kaminsky; Jill Lindsey Harrison. 2020. "Resisting and assisting engagement with public welfare in engineering education." Journal of Engineering Education 109, no. 3: 491-507.
Miriam E. Hacker; Jessica Kaminsky; Kasey M. Faust; Sebastien Rauch. Regulatory Enforcement Approaches for Mass Population Displacement. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 2020, 146, 04020042 .
AMA StyleMiriam E. Hacker, Jessica Kaminsky, Kasey M. Faust, Sebastien Rauch. Regulatory Enforcement Approaches for Mass Population Displacement. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 2020; 146 (5):04020042.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiriam E. Hacker; Jessica Kaminsky; Kasey M. Faust; Sebastien Rauch. 2020. "Regulatory Enforcement Approaches for Mass Population Displacement." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 146, no. 5: 04020042.
In 2015, when German hosting communities had to accommodate more than 1.2 million displaced persons, they encountered multiple challenges with their built environment. The provision of infrastructure services to incoming displaced people may require changes to the existing infrastructure. As such, the provision of infrastructure services may elicit either support or opposition within hosting communities regarding the methods used to provide infrastructure services to displaced persons. This study assesses how hosting communities perceive various methods of providing water and wastewater infrastructure services to displaced persons; these methods are making (1) no changes, (2) temporary changes, or (3) permanent changes to the preexisting infrastructure. Statistical modeling and qualitative analysis were coupled to analyze data gathered from a survey deployed in 2016 to local German residents. The results suggest that the magnitude of displaced persons received by hosting communities, understood as a contextual factor, influenced hosting communities’ perceptions toward different categories of infrastructure alternatives. Qualitative analyses revealed that hosting communities do consider alternatives beyond physical changes, such as educating displaced people on using existing infrastructure. By understanding hosting communities’ perceptions of the provision of services to displaced people, decisionmakers and utility engineers may develop sustainable infrastructure alternatives with input from hosting communities.
Felipe Araya; Kasey Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 57, 102114 .
AMA StyleFelipe Araya, Kasey Faust, Jessica A. Kaminsky. Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 57 ():102114.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelipe Araya; Kasey Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. 2020. "Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons." Sustainable Cities and Society 57, no. : 102114.
Sudden population influxes into cities—such as those seen during post-disaster migration—place unexpected demands on the urban housing system. Decisions made during these influxes are often controversial, potentially hindering the ability of the organizations involved to respond. This study’s objective was to explore strategies (e.g., types of information shared and types of accommodation chosen) that can be used during decision-making processes when providing emergency accommodations to increase stakeholder acceptance, and thus lead to sustainable institutional responses. This study specifically sought to shed light on how, during the Refugee Crisis in Germany of 2015 and 2016, stakeholders legitimized decisions made to provide centralized emergency accommodations to displaced persons. Making this study possible were 25 semi-structured interviews with utility, government, nonprofit, and company employees involved in the provision of centralized accommodations for displaced persons. Interviews were conducted in 2016 and underwent a qualitative analysis. Results indicate that stakeholders primarily legitimized the provision of centralized accommodations based on convictions of right and wrong (moral legitimacy), while they legitimized decisions to not provide such accommodations based on their understanding and experience of practical barriers (cultural-cognitive legitimacy). Recommendations arising from this study include the following: provide information to stakeholders about accommodations’ livability (to gain consequential legitimacy) and past successes (to gain comprehensibility legitimacy), adapt regulations to help stakeholders use procedural legitimacy, and prefer fully renovated buildings or modular housing to buildings with no major renovations or container housing (to gain consequential rather than procedural legitimacy).
Julie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky. Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons. Sustainability 2019, 12, 284 .
AMA StyleJulie C. Faure, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica Kaminsky. Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons. Sustainability. 2019; 12 (1):284.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJulie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky. 2019. "Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 284.
In 2016, there were over 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced. Such a massive displacement of population creates challenges for host communities trying to provide them infrastructure services. For example, no front-end planning or construction may be possible given the unexpected nature of disaster events. This study assesses host communities’ public perceptions, at both city and national scales, of displaced persons’ impacts on water, wastewater, and transportation systems. This study draws on data gathered through a survey deployed in August 2016 to the public in Germany, where approximately 722,000 people sought refuge the same year. Statistical analyses show that heterogeneous drivers of public perceptions include both geographic and demographic parameters. Nonparametric tests reveal that the public perceived the impact on infrastructure systems similarly within city and national scales, but differently across. It is hypothesized here that the difference is due to residents perceiving this group of infrastructure systems as a system-of-systems that is part of their built environment. If we understand how hosting communities perceive the impacts of displaced persons, we may gain insights into perceived infrastructure disruptions. With such insights, we may assist policy-makers and engineers in planning locally acceptable infrastructure alternatives to integrate displaced population.
Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. Public perceptions from hosting communities: The impact of displaced persons on critical infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society 2019, 48, 1 .
AMA StyleFelipe Araya, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica A. Kaminsky. Public perceptions from hosting communities: The impact of displaced persons on critical infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2019; 48 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. 2019. "Public perceptions from hosting communities: The impact of displaced persons on critical infrastructure." Sustainable Cities and Society 48, no. : 1.
During large and rapid influxes of displaced persons, hosting communities may face challenges in accommodating incoming populations. This study seeks to assess the institutional response to international displacement in developed urban contexts through exploring how stakeholders (de)legitimized (i.e., either withheld or attributed legitimacy to) the inclusion of cultural practices in the planning of water and sanitation for displaced persons. This study is enabled by 28 semi-structured interviews of individuals involved in the accommodation of displaced persons in Germany conducted in 2016. The interview content was qualitatively analyzed to identify the types of decisions made, legitimacy types used to (de)legitimize those decisions, and information used to assess cultural practices. Results indicate that the institutional response to international displacement was most commonly reactive rather than proactive. However, the interviewees demonstrated a willingness to adapt, primarily using their experiences (comprehensibility legitimacy) and moral considerations (procedural legitimacy). Recommendations to stakeholders arising from this study include: (1) improve access to information about displaced persons’ practices and needs in water and sanitation, (2) collect more information by communicating with displaced persons, (3) promote collaborations between involved organizations, (4) monitor organizational changes during the response, and (5) enhance discussions about integration through the built environment.
Julie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky. Legitimization of the Inclusion of Cultural Practices in the Planning of Water and Sanitation Services for Displaced Persons. Water 2019, 11, 359 .
AMA StyleJulie C. Faure, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica Kaminsky. Legitimization of the Inclusion of Cultural Practices in the Planning of Water and Sanitation Services for Displaced Persons. Water. 2019; 11 (2):359.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJulie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky. 2019. "Legitimization of the Inclusion of Cultural Practices in the Planning of Water and Sanitation Services for Displaced Persons." Water 11, no. 2: 359.
This research discovers how national level culture shapes construction permitting across 62 nations. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions explain variability in components of World Bank’s dealing with Construction Permits index, which measures the number of required permitting procedures, the required time in days, the cost as a percentage of a standardized warehouse value, and a permitting quality index. After controlling for gross domestic product, statistically significant relationships between permitting time and Hofstede’s Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity-Femininity dimensions emerged. Hofstede’s Power Distance Index shared statistically significant relationships with the number of procedures required for permitting, and a limited relationship with the cost of permitting. These data provide empirical evidence that different cultural preferences lead to different construction permitting practices, and allow the construction community to better understand the culturally shaped ways in which permits govern projects. This builds the theory of social sustainability of infrastructure, which seeks to generalize ways to match construction practice to societal preferences to improve community and project outcomes. For example, policy makers may use the results presented here to shape more culturally appropriate construction permitting regulations. In another example, construction firms may use these results to navigate permitting challenges they encounter on global projects.
Jessica Kaminsky. The global influence of national cultural values on construction permitting. Construction Management and Economics 2018, 37, 89 -100.
AMA StyleJessica Kaminsky. The global influence of national cultural values on construction permitting. Construction Management and Economics. 2018; 37 (2):89-100.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica Kaminsky. 2018. "The global influence of national cultural values on construction permitting." Construction Management and Economics 37, no. 2: 89-100.
Intermittent piped water supply impacts at least one billion people around the globe. Given the environmental and public health implications of poor water supply, there is a strong practical need to understand how and why intermittent supply occurs, and what strategies may be used to move utilities towards the provision of continuous water supply. Leveraging data from the International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities, we discover 42 variables that have statistically significant associations with intermittent water supply at the utility scale across 2115 utilities. We categorized these under the following themes: Physical infrastructure system scale, coverage, consumer type, public water points, financial, and non-revenue water and metering. This research identifies globally relevant factors with high potential for cross-context, scaled impact. In addition, using insights from the analysis, we provide empirically grounded recommendations and data needs for improved global indicators of utility performance related to intermittent supply.
Jessica Kaminsky; Emily Kumpel. Dry Pipes: Associations between Utility Performance and Intermittent Piped Water Supply in Low and Middle Income Countries. Water 2018, 10, 1032 .
AMA StyleJessica Kaminsky, Emily Kumpel. Dry Pipes: Associations between Utility Performance and Intermittent Piped Water Supply in Low and Middle Income Countries. Water. 2018; 10 (8):1032.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica Kaminsky; Emily Kumpel. 2018. "Dry Pipes: Associations between Utility Performance and Intermittent Piped Water Supply in Low and Middle Income Countries." Water 10, no. 8: 1032.
Jessica Kaminsky; Kasey Faust. Infrastructure epistemologies: water, wastewater and displaced persons in Germany. Construction Management and Economics 2018, 36, 521 -534.
AMA StyleJessica Kaminsky, Kasey Faust. Infrastructure epistemologies: water, wastewater and displaced persons in Germany. Construction Management and Economics. 2018; 36 (9):521-534.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica Kaminsky; Kasey Faust. 2018. "Infrastructure epistemologies: water, wastewater and displaced persons in Germany." Construction Management and Economics 36, no. 9: 521-534.
Societal uptake of household solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is the result of a complex and interdependent array of technical, social, political and economic factors. This novel study employs a systems lens to examine both technical and non-technical barriers to renewables, with a focus on interactions that are empirically influential on PV uptake. Using local solar expert stakeholder input into a participatory systems approach, this study provides a structural analysis of factors influencing household solar adoption. The approach is applied and assessed for household solar PV systems in Santiago, Chile, to gain insight into the interconnected factors driving technology adoption. Barriers and motivations to adoption identified in a recent Delphi study for Santiago were used to create a list of factors thought by local experts to impact future adoption. These factors and their pairwise interactions were modeled using the impact matrix multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) technique and analyzed within a four-hour workshop with eight solar experts in Santiago. Results from the analysis regarding factor influence, dependence and evolutionary trajectories were presented to experts and discussed at length. Salient discussion points focused on the need for attractive financial incentives, knowledge diffusion among potential consumers, and a maturing market that incites a cultural shift towards customers who desire energy independence. Intuitive and insightful programmatic areas were illuminated for policy and action in Santiago based on a systems-focused interpretation of factors in the form of short- and long-term strategies.
Jeffrey Walters; Jessica Kaminsky; Lawrence Gottschamer. A Systems Analysis of Factors Influencing Household Solar PV Adoption in Santiago, Chile. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1257 .
AMA StyleJeffrey Walters, Jessica Kaminsky, Lawrence Gottschamer. A Systems Analysis of Factors Influencing Household Solar PV Adoption in Santiago, Chile. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1257.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJeffrey Walters; Jessica Kaminsky; Lawrence Gottschamer. 2018. "A Systems Analysis of Factors Influencing Household Solar PV Adoption in Santiago, Chile." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1257.
Recent decades have seen extensive use of public-private partnerships (PPP) in international infrastructure development from governments, private construction firms, and humanitarian organizations. Given the high social importance of civil infrastructure, considerable research attention has sought factors that lead to successful PPP. In a contribution to this body of work, and to the theory of the social sustainability of infrastructure, this paper presents statistical evidence showing that the choice of how to engage private investment in infrastructure is not culturally neutral. This analysis is built on a World Bank database of 1,792 railroad, seaport, airport, and toll road projects with private investment from 27 low- and middle-income nations and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Multinomial logistic regression shows that there are statistically significant relationships between Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and the various methods used to enable private investment in infrastructure projects. For all transport project types aggregated together, high power distance index scores predict the use of private funds in projects involving the construction of new infrastructure, while high individualism-collectivism and uncertainty avoidance scores predict the use of private funds in brownfield projects. Toll roads, which change a cultural norm regarding how most roads are accessed and paid for, emerged as a divergent technology type. Railroads are the technology type most strongly influenced by cultural dimensions. Engineers and policymakers may use these results to understand what forms of private investment in transportation infrastructure are more likely to be culturally acceptable in a wide variety of local contexts.
Jessica A. Kaminsky. National Culture Shapes Private Investment in Transportation Infrastructure Projects around the Globe. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 2018, 144, 04017098 .
AMA StyleJessica A. Kaminsky. National Culture Shapes Private Investment in Transportation Infrastructure Projects around the Globe. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 2018; 144 (2):04017098.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica A. Kaminsky. 2018. "National Culture Shapes Private Investment in Transportation Infrastructure Projects around the Globe." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 144, no. 2: 04017098.
This paper contributes to the pursuit of socially sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure for all people by discovering statistically robust relationships between Hofstede’s dimensions of cross-cultural comparison and the choice of contract award types, project type, and primary revenue sources. This analysis, which represents 973 projects distributed across 24 low- and middle-income nations, uses a World Bank dataset describing high capital cost water and sewerage projects funded through private investment. The results show that cultural dimensions explain variation in the choice of contract award types, project type, and primary revenue sources. These results provide empirical evidence that strategies for water and sewerage project organization are not culturally neutral. The data show, for example, that highly individualistic contexts are more likely to select competitive contract award types and to depend on user fees to provide the primary project revenue stream post-construction. By selecting more locally appropriate ways to organize projects, project stakeholders will be better able to pursue the construction of socially sustainable water and sewerage infrastructure.
Jessica A. Kaminsky. Culturally appropriate organization of water and sewerage projects built through public private partnerships. PLOS ONE 2017, 12, e0188905 .
AMA StyleJessica A. Kaminsky. Culturally appropriate organization of water and sewerage projects built through public private partnerships. PLOS ONE. 2017; 12 (12):e0188905.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJessica A. Kaminsky. 2017. "Culturally appropriate organization of water and sewerage projects built through public private partnerships." PLOS ONE 12, no. 12: e0188905.