| Title | Indicators of Social Vulnerability in Fishing Communities along the West Coast Region of the U.S. |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Miller, Stacey D. |
| Academic Department | School of Public Policy |
| Degree | M.P.P. |
| Pagination | 77 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Astoria (Or.), Brookings (Or.), commercial fisheries, Coos Bay, Depoe Bay (Or.), economics, environmental policy and law, Garibaldi (Or.), Newport (Or.), Pacific City (Or.), Port Orford (Or.), sociology, Tillamook (Or.), Winchester Bay |
| Notes | This is a final essay by a candidate for a Master’s degree in Public Policy. The author examined Pacific Northwest coastal communities in order to determine which were economically dependent on the fishing industry and might, therefore, be vulnerable to changes in fishing policies and regulations. “Place-based data from the U.S. decennial census, American Community Survey, NOAA Fisheries, state fish and wildlife agencies, and a myriad of additional sources are included in a factor analysis to identify communities engaged in and reliant on commercial fishing, and to derive indicators of social vulnerability. Using these indicators, 18 communities along the west coast were identified as having high levels of both commercial fishing dependence and social vulnerability, although the drivers varied among communities.” (from the abstract) Major professor was Denise Lach. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/mp48sf60m |
