Urban Cruise Ship operates according to the following principles:
Our Standards
Urban Cruise Ship operates according to the following principles:
Content
Data-Driven
Our work is driven by data and science, not ideology, opinion, and special interest
Unconflicted
Urban Cruise Ship does not accept funding from corporate entities which might skew our findings.
Revelatory
We reveal what ought to be known -- not necessarily what is expected.
Comprehensive
Urban Cruise Ship analyzes the issues from engineering, economic, social, and political perspectives. Comprehensiveness should increase the likelihood that solutions will be workable.
Effective
Urban Cruise Ship seeks to provide for policymakers, business leaders, and individuals the most relevant and effective solutions to today's most pressing ecological challenges.
ِApplicable
Widespread applicability is sought. Appropriate exceptions should be clearly noted.
Content/Presentation
Concise
To prevent important facts from being buried or obscured, Urban Cruise Ship presents only essential material. Links are provided for further detail.
On Point
To encourage reading the entire website, content is topically limited. Further worthy material belongs on separate web sites.
Self-motivated
As this guides Urban Cruise Ship's future direction foremost, there is internal motivation to get it right and save readers time.
Presentation
Readable
Urban Cruise Ship recognizes the importance of using correct terminology, but also in making our findings understandable to the widest possible audience.
Summary-led
To help the most readers, where possible, summary material is placed first, ahead of more detailed background material supporting it.
Graphic
Where possible, metrics are portrayed graphically, accompanied by numbers.
Non-Color Dependent
To be most versatile, where possible, graphics are composed well enough that color is not required.
Substantive
Content quality must always exceed presentation polish.
No Greenwashing
Profuse flowery / leafy / heartwarming images and jargon are associated with so many polluting companies and underperforming organizations that we avoid using them Let readers judge quality based on content.