MMS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM: ONGOING STUDIES |
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MMS OCS Region: |
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Title: |
Socio-Economic Responses to Coastal Land Loss and
Hurricanes: Measuring Resilience among
Outer Continental Shelf Related Coastal Communities in |
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Planning Area: |
Central and Western |
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Total Cost: $209,472 |
Period of Performance: FY 2007-2009 |
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Conducting Organization: |
Coastal Marine Institute,
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MMS Contact: |
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Description: Background: Recent studies by MMS and others have called for more refined examinations of the social and economic impacts of OCS leasing program on coastal areas involved in OCS-related support, and for more innovative approaches for considering community sustainability and resilience. Questions of sustainability and resilience are being raised more loudly and clearly since the large-scale land loss, and destruction of property, natural assets, and human life that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. |
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Objectives: Study objectives are to:
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Methods: The research will take the following
analytical steps:
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Products: A comprehensive report, GIS maps for parishes and communities, and databases. |
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Importance to MMS:
This research will advance the
agency’s cumulative analysis of the OCS leasing program and help the agency
address several critical issues raised by the State of |
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Current Status: Data gathering is underway. The research is on schedule. |
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Final Report Due: |
October 2009 |
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Publications: |
None |
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Affiliated WWW Sites: |
None |
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Revised date: |
March 2008 |
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ESPIS |
ESPIS
- All completed ESP Studies: |
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