OCS Study
MMS 2000-016

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

INTRODUCTION

• The Minerals Management Service Mandate
  
  
• The Conference Process

SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE FINDINGS

• Issues Synopsis
  • Alaska Region
  • Gulf of Mexico Region
  • Pacific Region
    
    
• Observations of the Scientific Committee

IDENTIFYING ISSUES

• Alaska Region
  • Background
  • 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
      
      
• Gulf of Mexico Region
  • Background
  • 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
      
      
• Pacific Region
  • Background
  • 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
  • Alaska Region
  • Pacific Region
  • Gulf of Mexico Region
    
    
• Appendix C: “Applied Social Sciences in MMS: A Framework for Decision Making"