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

Marine Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-95

  Jacob, Steve ^a   Weeks, Priscilla ^b   Blount, Ben ^c   Jepson, Michael ^d  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SocioEcological Informatics   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Evaluation; Resilience; Social indicators; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FISHING COMMUNITY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL INDICATOR; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84867331130     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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