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Overview

Kent E. Portney was affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple interdisciplinary fields, prominently including Social Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Portney contributed significantly to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work engaged with core topics like CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Organisms Research, Disaster Management and Resilience, Regional Resilience and Development, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Kent E. Portney authored several papers in diverse publication venues, including:

  • Urban resilience: Analyzing the policies of U.S. cities (2021), published in Cities
  • The impact of water scarcity on support for hydraulic fracturing regulation: A water-energy nexus study (2020), published in Energy Policy
  • Ecological, Engineering and Community Resilience Policy Adoption in Large US Cities (2023), published in Urban Affairs Review
  • The Role of Communication in Managing Complex Water-Energy-Food Governance Systems (2020), published in Water
  • Modeling affective and cognitive responses to soft-target terrorism over time (2020), published in Environment Systems & Decisions

Their frequent co-authors included Bryce Hannibal, Leah W. Buchman, Carol Goldsmith, Elizabeth Heitman, and David L. Kerns. Portney's publications appeared multiple times in venues such as Texas Digital Library (University of Texas), Cities, Energy Policy, Urban Affairs Review, and Water.

Portney's research themes often intersected issues of urban and regional resilience, water-energy-food nexus governance, environmental policy, and genetic engineering techniques. The blend of social science perspectives with environmental and molecular biological approaches reflects a multidisciplinary trajectory conducive to addressing complex global challenges.

Throughout their career, Portney contributed to six publications related to CRISPR and genetically modified organisms, highlighting a sustained interest in genetic engineering. Additionally, the scientist explored resilience from ecological, engineering, and community policy dimensions, as well as policy and communication frameworks in water governance.

Best Publications

  • The rebirth of urban democracy

    Peter Dreier;Jeffrey M. Berry;Kent E. Portney;Ken Thomson

  • Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities

    Kent E. Portney

  • Mobilizing Minority Communities: Social Capital and Participation in Urban Neighborhoods

    Kent E. Portney;Jeffrey M. Berry

  • Civic Engagement and Sustainable Cities in the United States

    Kent Portney

  • Participation and the Pursuit of Sustainability in U.S. Cities

    Kent E. Portney;Jeffrey M. Berry

  • Siting Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities: The NIMBY Syndrome

    Kent E. Portney

  • Controversial Issues In Environmental Policy: Science vs. Economics vs. Politics

    Kent E. Portney

  • A question driven socio-hydrological modeling process

    M. Garcia;K. Portney;S. Islam

  • Taking sustainable cities seriously: a comparative analysis of twenty-four US cities

    Kent E. Portney

  • Toward creating an environment of cooperation between water, energy, and food stakeholders in San Antonio.

    Bassel Daher;Bryce Hannibal;Kent E. Portney;Rabi H. Mohtar;Rabi H. Mohtar

  • THE POTENTIAL OF THE THEORY OF COMPENSATION FOR MITIGATING PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY SITING: SOME EVIDENCE FROM FIVE MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES

    Kent E. Portney

  • Approaching public policy analysis: An introduction to policy and program research

    Kent E. Portney

  • The local nonprofit sector and the pursuit of sustainability in American cities: a preliminary exploration

    Kent E. Portney;Zachary Cuttler

  • Sustainability in American Cities: A Comprehensive Look at What Cities Are Doing and Why

    Kent E. Portney

  • Public Involvement in Administration: the Structural Determinants of Effective Citizen Participation

    Jeffrey M. Berry;Kent E. Portney;Mary Beth Bablitch;Richard Mahoney

  • Developing Socio-Techno-Economic-Political (STEP) Solutions for Addressing Resource Nexus Hotspots

    Bassel Daher;Rabi H. Mohtar;Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos;Kent E. Portney

  • Urban resilience: Analyzing the policies of U.S. cities.

    Sierra Woodruff;Ann O'm. Bowman;Bryce Hannibal;Garett Sansom

  • Awareness of the Food–Energy–Water Nexus and Public Policy Support in the United States: Public Attitudes Among the American People:

    Kent E. Portney;Bryce Hannibal;Carol Goldsmith;Peyton McGee

  • One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer: Siloes, Trade-Offs and Synergies in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

    Mathew Kurian;Christopher A. Scott;V. Ratna Reddy;Graham Alabaster

  • Sustainability and Interest Group Participation in City Politics

    Jeffrey M. Berry;Kent E. Portney

  • Civil Society and Sustainable Cities

    Kent E. Portney;Jeffrey Berry

  • The effect of local water scarcity and drought on water conservation behaviors.

    Bryce Hannibal;Lindsay Sansom;Kent E. Portney

  • The Tea Party versus Agenda 21: local groups and sustainability policies in U.S. cities

    Jeffrey M. Berry;Kent E. Portney

  • Power and Interest Groups in City Politics

    Jeffrey M Berry;Kent E. Portney;Robin Liss;Jessica Simoncelli

  • Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago

    Kent E. Portney

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Berry
Jeffrey M. Berry Tufts University
Arnold Vedlitz
Arnold Vedlitz Texas A&M University
Richard G. Niemi
Richard G. Niemi University of Rochester
Sheldon Danziger
Sheldon Danziger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard C. Feiock
Richard C. Feiock Florida State University
Ann O'm. Bowman
Ann O'm. Bowman Texas A&M University
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Richard S. John
Richard S. John University of Southern California
Walid Saad
Walid Saad Virginia Tech
Timothy S. Griffin
Timothy S. Griffin University of Maine

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