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1 online resource (164 pages) |
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""Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THIS REPORT""; ""THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND MMS""; ""WHY MMS NEEDS SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANIZING SOCIOECONOMIC STUDIES""; ""Identifying and Understanding Socioeconomic Effects""; ""What Information is Needed?""; ""REGIONAL PROGRAMS""; ""Atlantic""; ""Gulf of Mexico""; ""Pacific""; ""Alaska""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Goals""; ""Scientific Personnel""; ""Process""; ""1 Introduction "" |
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""ACTIVITIES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF""""Management of OCS Activities""; ""Extent of the Leasing Program""; ""Environmental Concerns""; ""THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM""; ""Mandate""; ""Program History""; ""THIS REPORT""; ""PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES""; ""Development of a Studies Plan""; ""Implementation of Studies According to Lease Sale Schedules""; ""WHY MMS NEEDS SOCIOECONOMICS INFORMATION""; ""What Information is Needed?""; ""Criteria for Judging the Adequacy of Scientific Information""; ""Completeness""; ""Scientific Quality"" |
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""2 The Human Environment """"THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM""; ""RISK""; ""Environmental Gridlock Resulting from Differing Perceptions of Risk""; ""3 A Framework for Organizing OCS Socioeconomic Studies ""; ""IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS""; ""OCS ACTIVITIES THAT CAN AFFECT THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""Description of OCS Activities""; ""Dimensions of Effects""; ""DISTRIBUTION""; ""PREDICTING THE RESPONSE""; ""Response Functions"" |
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""Response Sequences""""Response Rates""; ""IMPACT EVALUATION""; ""Evaluative Criteria""; ""Valuation Procedures""; ""Preferred Alternatives""; ""MITIGATION""; ""Mitigation Measures""; ""MONITORING""; ""Types of Monitoring""; ""Evaluation Research""; ""MANAGEMENT""; ""QUESTIONS AND ISSUES""; ""What Information is Needed""; ""Effects on Communities""; ""Effects on Other Local Users of the Ocean and Coastal Zone""; ""Effects on Local and State Governments""; ""Effects on Science and Local Scientists""; ""Individual Lease Sales""; ""Methods""; ""4 Analysis of the Program ""; ""ATLANTIC REGION"" |
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""GULF OF MEXICO REGION""""PACIFIC REGION""; ""ALASKA REGION""; ""Sociocultural Studies""; ""Economic Analyses: Description and Evaluation""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations ""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Goals""; ""Scientific Personnel""; ""Process""; ""General Considerations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND RESOURCES""; ""STAFF""; ""Appendix B THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE NATURE OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS""; ""SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND PRINCIPLES""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR CONSIDERING POTENTIAL EFFECTS"" |
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""Activities That Can Affect the Human Environment at Particular Stages in OCS Development"" |
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Continental shelf -- Economic aspects.
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Continental shelf -- Social aspects
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Human ecology -- United States
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Oceanography -- United States
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Offshore gas industry -- Economic aspects
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Offshore oil industry -- Economic aspects
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Continental shelf -- Economic aspects
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Human ecology
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Oceanography
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Offshore gas industry -- Economic aspects
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Offshore oil industry -- Economic aspects
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309572873 |
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0309572878 |
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