{"id":63011,"date":"2010-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-professors-begin-coastal-resource-study-in-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2010-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-professors-begin-coastal-resource-study-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/uri-professors-begin-coastal-resource-study-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 professors begin coastal resource study in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFindings may have implications for coastal communities worldwide<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013April 12, 2010\u2014What is the value of Puerto Rico\u2019s coastal resources? The resources have always played an important role in the economic health of its citizens, with many families working in coastal-related jobs in agriculture, retail, services, government, and local industries.<\/p>\n


\n\tYet there are many competing interests for waterfront land among real estate executives, businesses, tourism councils, high-end contractors, and people in local communities. <\/p>\n


\n \tIs the coast\u2019s value solely to be measured in dollars and cents? To what extent does small-scale coastal use contribute to well-being and quality of life for local residents? Aren\u2019t access to quality food, enjoyment of healthy social relationships as well as resilience in the face of environmental and economic change other key measures of economic performance?<\/p>\n


\n\tThose are the central questions 溏心vlog免费B站 anthropologists Carlos Garcia-Quijano of Providence and his colleague John Poggie of Wakefield in collaboration with Ana Pitchon from California State University in Dom\u00ednguez Hills will try to answer, in their research among the residents of four southeastern Puerto Rican municipalities: Salinas, Guayama, Arroyo, and Patillas. A $115,900 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -Sea Grant funds the two-year study. <\/p>\n


\n\tPoggie has long studied marine anthropology in Latin America, including Puerto Rico. \u201cHis research is an important influence for my ideas and approaches, so I am very excited about this collaboration,\u201d says colleague Garcia-Quijano who joined 溏心vlog免费B站 last year. <\/p>\n


\n\tA native Puerto Rican, Garcia-Quijano has researched fisheries and resource use on Puerto Rico\u2019s coast. Last fall, he won the American Anthropological Association\u2019s Anthropology and the Environment Section\u2019s Junior Scholar Award, which recognizes exemplary scholarship of talented scholars beginning their careers who are either untenured and\/or within five years of obtaining a doctorate.<\/p>\n


\n\tEmploying a unique combination of social, ecological, and economic measures, the researchers will study coastal resource use across different sectors of society and social networks to trace the movement of coastal resource-associated goods and services in the communities, and environmental valuation techniques (like those used in ecological economics) to assess total value of coastal resource use. They will combine qualitative interviews, survey results and ecological monitoring to create a computer-based simulation model that will test hypotheses and simulate scenarios about the role of small-scale resource use in coastal communities and beyond. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe study may provide crucial evidence for arguments to protect coastlines and productive coastal communities from large-scale development and gentrification.<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cJust like Puerto Rico, Rhode Island is a small state with a long tradition of seafaring and coastal resource use by rural coastal communities; and these communities are often struggling to compete with large-scale industrial and tourism interests,\u201d says Garcia-Quijano. \u201cWith so many issues in common, our findings and research model could be used to further understand coastal resource use and dependence in Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\n溏心vlog免费B站 Professors (from left) John Poggie and Carlos Garcia-Quijano <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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