Our Standards
Urban Cruise Ship operates according to the following principles:
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Data-Driven
Our work is driven by data and science, not ideology, opinion, and special interest
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Unconflicted
Urban Cruise Ship does not accept funding from corporate entities which might skew our findings.
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Revelatory
We reveal what ought to be known -- not necessarily what is expected.
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Comprehensive
Urban Cruise Ship analyzes the issues from engineering, economic, social, and political perspectives. Comprehensiveness should increase the likelihood that solutions will be workable.
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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.
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ِApplicable
Widespread applicability is sought. Appropriate exceptions should be clearly noted.
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Concise
To prevent important facts from being buried or obscured, Urban Cruise Ship presents only essential material. Links are provided for further detail.
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On Point
To encourage reading the entire website, content is topically limited. Further worthy material belongs on separate web sites.
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Self-motivated
As this guides Urban Cruise Ship's future direction foremost, there is internal motivation to get it right and save readers time.
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Readable
Urban Cruise Ship recognizes the importance of using correct terminology, but also in making our findings understandable to the widest possible audience.
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Summary-led
To help the most readers, where possible, summary material is placed first, ahead of more detailed background material supporting it.
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Graphic
Where possible, metrics are portrayed graphically, accompanied by numbers.
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Non-Color Dependent
To be most versatile, where possible, graphics are composed well enough that color is not required.
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Substantive
Content quality must always exceed presentation polish.
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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.
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Footnoted
Cursor-activated reference appearance saves readers' time.
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Referenced
Fully. This also gives Urban Cruise Ship grounds for insisting proper credit is given to us in return.
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Copyrighted
Urban Cruise Ship wants to be able to prevent misuse or misrepresentation of its material.