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NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program
Website of the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program (also known as the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring and Technology Program). The program's mission is to carry out research, observation, and monitoring to support, to the maximum extent practicable, the long term sustainability of the ecosystem, fish stocks, fish habitat, and the recreational, commercial, and charter fishing industry in the Gulf of Mexico.
RAND Corporation Resilience in Action
A website for individuals and community organizations to learn more about resilience and to implement strategies to help communities prepare, withstand, and recover from disasters.
A Boater’s Guide to Handling Oil and Fuel Spills
Work or play along the Gulf Coast? Know what to do in the event of an accidental spill. This resource, made possible in part by a grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative and the Sea Grant programs of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi-Alabama, provides boaters with information on how to prevent accidental oil spills, what to do if they see an oil spill, and who to contact to report such an event.
The Exxon and BP Oil Spills: A Comparison of Psychosocial Impacts
Did the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have similar psychosocial impacts as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill? The authors answer this question by comparing survey results from a random sample of Cordova, Alaska, residents collected 18 months after the Exxon spill with a random sample of residents in the Alabama coastal counties of Baldwin and south Mobile 1 year after the BP disaster.
A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters
There is considerable research interest on the meaning and measurement of resilience from a variety of research perspectives including those from the hazards/disasters and global change communities. This paper provides a new framework, the disaster resilience of place (DROP) model, designed to improve comparative assessments of disaster resilience at the local or community level.
Extent and Degree of Shoreline Oiling: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, USA
The oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico was documented by shoreline assessment teams as stranding on 1,773 km of shoreline. Beaches comprised 50.8%, marshes 44.9%, and other shoreline types 4.3% of the oiled shoreline. The entire shoreline cleanup program has been managed under the Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) Program, a systematic, objective, and inclusive process to collect data on shoreline oiling conditions and support decision making on appropriate cleanup methods and endpoints.
Higher Education Solutions Network/Resilient Africa Network: A Systematic Approach to Resilience Assessment, Measurement and Analysis
The ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) is a partnership among sub-Saharan African and American universities led by Makerere University in Uganda. The RAN is based on the belief that faculty, students, researchers and development experts working together can define and analyze specific resilience dimensions using a set of innovative approaches to engage with local communities.
Community Attachment and Negative Affective States in the Context of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
This study advances research on the mental health impacts of disasters by examining how a mainstay of the sociological literature, community attachment, influences negative affective states such as anxiety and fear stimulated by a technological disaster. Survey data were collected in three coastal Louisiana parishes (counties) geographically proximate to the BP oil spill of 2010 while the oil was still flowing.
Behavioral Health in the Gulf Coast Region Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
This article summarizes findings from two large-scale, population-based surveys conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Gulf Coast region following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, to measure the prevalence of mental and substance use disorders, chronic health conditions, and utilization of behavioral health services.
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC), created in 1972 as one of 33 Sea Grant programs, includes Auburn University, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Mississippi, The University of Southern Mississippi and the University of South Alabama.
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