Social and economic studies / / Socioeconomics Panel, Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812194103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0-309-18622-6; 1-280-19648-3; 9786610196487; 0-309-57287-8; 0-585-16833-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Collana: Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program ; ; v.3
• Altri autori (Persone): BrewerGarry D
• Disciplina: 333.8/2314/0973
• Soggetti: Continental shelf - Economic aspects; Continental shelf - Social aspects; Human ecology - United States; Oceanography - United States; Offshore gas industry - Economic aspects; Offshore oil industry - Economic aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Panel chairman: Garry D. Brewer.; Supported by the U.S. Dept. of Interior.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Activities That Can Affect the Human Environment at Particular Stages in OCS Development -- Prelease to Early Postlease -- Exploration -- Development -- Production -- Termination -- Dimensions -- Likelihood -- Magnitude -- Space -- Time -- Cumulative Potential -- Susceptibility to Mitigation -- Distribution of Effects -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C THE EVOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL OCS PROGRAM: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- NATIONAL OVERVIEW -- Historical Overview -- Federal Leasing, 1954-1978 -- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 19781 -- Implementing the 1978 Amendments: Conflict and Controversy -- REGIONAL VARIATIONS -- Gulf of Mexico Region -- Central and Western Gulf -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Eastern Gulf (Florida) -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Alaska -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Pacific Region -- South-Central California.; Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Central and Northern California -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Oregon and Washington -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- Atlantic Region -- Nature and Extent of Development -- Public Response -- Illustrative Effects -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix D SOCIAL AND ; ECONOMIC STUDIES TECHNICAL REPORTS ALASKA OCS REGION, MMS.