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Development and evaluation of social indicators of vulnerability and resiliency for fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico

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  • Jacob, Steve
  • Weeks, Priscilla
  • Blount, Ben
  • Jepson, Michael

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With the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and more recently the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, disaster questions about the vulnerability and resiliency of fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico have been on the minds of local, regional, and national governmental agencies as well as numerous researchers and non-governmental organizations. The continued natural and now technological disasters in the Gulf of Mexico have placed a great deal of strain on communities dependent upon both commercial and recreational fishing. In 2008 a two-year long study to develop social indicators of vulnerability and resiliency for fishing-reliant communities in the Gulf of Mexico was undertaken. In addition, as part of the research design the accuracy of the social indicator descriptions of these places with ethnographic studies was triangulated. Comparisons of the combined ethnographic rankings with the quantitative indicators were positive and statistically significant. The research design thus confirmed that the developed indicators were, in fact, reliable measures for the concepts under consideration.

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  • Jacob, Steve & Weeks, Priscilla & Blount, Ben & Jepson, Michael, 2013. "Development and evaluation of social indicators of vulnerability and resiliency for fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 86-95.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:37:y:2013:i:c:p:86-95
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.014
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    1. García-Flórez, Lucía & Morales, Jesús & Gaspar, Miguel B. & Castilla, David & Mugerza, Estanis & Berthou, Patrick & García de la Fuente, Laura & Oliveira, Manuela & Moreno, Oscar & García del Hoyo, Ju, 2014. "A novel and simple approach to define artisanal fisheries in Europe," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 152-159.
    2. Susan Mayfield-Johnson & Danielle Fastring & Daniel Le & Jane Nguyen, 2020. "Addressing the Social Vulnerability of Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese Community through the Development of Community Health Advisors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-11, May.
    3. Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini & Turk-Boyer, Peggy & Moreno-Baez, Marcia, 2014. "Social indicators of vulnerability for fishing communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: Implications for climate change," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 182-193.
    4. William Alomoto & Angels Niñerola & Laia Pié, 2022. "Social Impact Assessment: A Systematic Review of Literature," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 161(1), pages 225-250, May.

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