Social Science Tools for Coastal Management - Considerations, Insight, Strategies (Hardcover)

Public attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs can strongly influence coastal management decision-making. Officials use surveys and other social science tools to identify the relationship between a community and its natural resources. Managing coastal resources often means making hard decisions about the best way to use those resources-especially when there are competing demands. Although there is no simple way to do this, economic methods can help coastal resource managers make better-informed decisions about managing the resource. This book provides insight into the various types and methods of survey research; discusses some of the most important considerations; offers a guide to the most common techniques; provides information about how economics can be applied to coastal resource management; provides some simple strategies for facilitators leading a participatory mapping process; introduces key elements and practices that will increase the success of a focus group effort; explains the role of a facilitator; describes how to plan and execute meetings that deliver results; discusses powerful photorealistic visualization; introduces key concepts surrounding visualization; and briefly describes a process for planning for an internally or externally conducted evaluation of a project or program.

General

Imprint:	nova science publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
Editors:	Eve P Cuocco
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	155
ISBN-13:	978-1-63321-509-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions
LSN:	1-63321-509-1
Barcode:	9781633215092

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