Report on the 1999 Minerals Management Service Social and Economic Studies Conference

Report on the 1999 Minerals Management Service Social and Economic Studies Conference

	The Minerals Management Service Mandate
	The Conference Process

SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE FINDINGS

Issues Synopsis

Issues

	Major Issue: Understanding Dimensions of Impact Assessment
	Major Issue: Monitoring Key Indicators
	Major Issue: Understanding and Using Traditional Knowledge
	Major Issue: Understanding and Facilitating Stakeholder Participation

Issues

	Major Issue: Understanding Oil and Gas Industry Restructuring
	Major Issue: Understanding the Oil and Gas Industry In Relation to Local Communities
	Major Issue: Making the Most of Data and Methods

Issues

	Major Issue: Synthesizing Research Results
	Major Issue: Encouraging Cross-Disciplinary Research
	Major Issue: Understanding Decommissioning
	Major Issue: Understanding Perceptions of Risk Among Activists and the General Public
	Major Issue: Understanding Traditional Knowledge
	Major Issue: Understanding the Role of the Ocean In Everyday Life/The "Coastal Connection"
	Major Issue: Understanding Recreation and Tourism
	Major Issue: Using GIS in Socioeconomic Research

APPENDICES - These papers are in pdf format.

Appendix A: Papers and Presentations from the First Day of the Conference

	Office of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Act Procedures (JoAnn Lauterbach)
	Community Impacts: Adding Value to Analysis and Management (Mark Shrimpton and Keith Storey)
	Oil and the California Mix (Harvey Molotch)
	Theoretical Trends in Environmental Sociology: Implications for Resource Management in the Modern World (Steve Picou)
	Traditional Knowledge (Glenn W. Sheehan and Richard Glenn)

Appendix B: Regional Background

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