Publications from the Department of Marine Affairs faculty at the University of Rhode Island.

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Submissions from 2023

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Tourists are people too: Nonresidents’ values, beliefs, and acceptance of a nearshore wind farm, David Bidwell

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Anglers' support for an offshore wind farm: Fishing effects or clean energy symbolism, David Bidwell, Tiffany Smythe, and Grant Tyler

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Uneasy tensions in energy justice and systems transformation, David Bidwell and Benjamin K. Sovacool

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Winds of change: examining attitude shifts regarding an offshore wind project, Samantha Bingaman, Jeremy Firestone, and David Bidwell

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Visual representations in a choice experiment: valuing preferences for a local dam, Todd Guilfoos, Simona Trandafir, Priya Thomas, Emi Uchida, and Emily Vogler

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The BBNJ agreement and liability, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Kahlil Hassanali

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A global review of legal protection mechanisms for the management of surf breaks, Shane Orchard, Jesse Reiblich, and Maurício D. dos Santos

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Shake it Off: Negotiations suspended, but hope simmering, after a lack of consensus at the fifth intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth De Santo, and Elizabeth Nyman

Submissions from 2022

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A Geospatial Hub to Support Wind Energy and Maritime Activity Spaces near Hampton Roads, Virginia, U.S.A., Thomas R. Allen, Daniel P. Richards, Jennifer Whytlaw, George McLeod, Jeremiah Cronin, Jonathan J. Miles, Jesse Reiblich, Christopher Davis, and Keith Vangraafeiland

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Love thy neighbor (or not): Regionalism and support for the use of offshore wind energy by others, David Bidwell, Jeremy Firestone, and Michael D. Ferguson

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Potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries production in 72 tropical coastal communities, Joshua E. Cinner, Iain R. Caldwell, Lauric Thiault, John Ben, Julia L. Blanchard, Marta Coll, Amy Diedrich, Tyler D. Eddy, Jason D. Everett, Christian Folberth, Didier Gascuel, Jerome Guiet, Georgina G. Gurney, Ryan F. Heneghan, Jonas Jägermeyr, Narriman Jiddawi, Rachael Lahari, John Kuange, Wengfeng Liu, Olivier Maury, Christoph Müller, Camilla Novaglio, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Colleen M. Petrik, Ando Rabearisoa, Derek P. Tittensor, Andrew Wamukota, and Richard B. Pollnac

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The U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Industry’s Considerations of Coastal Hazards Resilience: A Baseline Survey, David Hill, Austin Becker, and Athena Vieira

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Operationalizing resilience planning, theory, and practice: Insights from U.S. seaports, Ellis Kalaidjian, Austin Becker, and Sandra Pinel

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Exploring Influences on Environmental Stewardship of Fishing Communities in Fisheries Management in the Philippines, Dawn M. Kotowicz, Elin Torell, Joan Castro, Enrique G. Oracion, Richard Pollnac, and Glenn Ricci

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The disconnect between knowledge and perceptions: A study of fishermen’s local ecological knowledge and their perception of the state of fisheries and how these are managed in the Dominican Republic, Elizabeth Layli Mclean, Graham E. Forrester, and Carlos G. Garcia-Quijano

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Direction, not detail: Progress towards consensus at the fourth intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth De Santo, Mathias Jankila, Elizabeth Nyman, and Rachel Tiller

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Incorporating fishers’ evaluation of adaptive capacity in policy making in Thailand, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Richard Pollnac, and Ratana Chuenpagdee

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Lessons learned from a natural resource disaster: The long-term impacts of the Long Island Sound lobster die-off on individuals and communities, Tarsila Seara, Adrien Owens, Richard Pollnac, Robert Pomeroy, and Christopher Dyer

Submissions from 2021

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Toward regional hazard risk assessment: a method to geospatially inventory critical coastal infrastructure applied to the Caribbean, Austin Becker, Noah Hallisey, and Gerald Bove

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The hazard consequence prediction system: A Participatory Action Research approach to enhance emergency management, Austin Becker, Noah Hallisey, Ellis Kalaidjian, Peter Stempel, and Pamela Rubinoff

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Public values and goals for public participation, David Bidwell and Pia Johanna Schweizer

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Uncharted waters: Exploring coastal recreation impacts, coping behaviors, and attitudes towards offshore wind energy development in the United States, Michael D. Ferguson, Darrick Evensen, Lauren A. Ferguson, David Bidwell, Jeremy Firestone, Tasha L. Dooley, and Clayton R. Mitchell

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Recreational users' perceptions of coastal water quality in Rhode Island (USA): Implications for policy development and management, Ken Hamel, Katherine Lacasse, and Tracey Dalton

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Advancing Seaport Resilience to Natural Hazards Due to Climate Change: Strategies to Overcome Decision Making Barriers, Elizabeth L. Mclean and Austin Becker

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We’ve never seen anything like it witnessing coral death and resurrection, Amelia Moore

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Optimistic with reservations: The impacts of the United States’ first offshore wind farm on the recreational fishing experience, Tiffany Smythe, David Bidwell, and Grant Tyler

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Beyond the Blue Blob: Salience and Perceived Legitimacy of Alternative Sea Level Rise Visualizations, Peter Stempel, Austin Becker, Pam Rubinoff, and Scheri Fultineer

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Is It Scientific? Viewer Perceptions of Storm Surge Visualizations, Peter J. Stempel and Austin Becker

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Integrating social and ecological research on the impacts of offshore wind farms in North America, Talya ten Brink, Tracey Dalton, and Julia Livermore

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The role of humanity's responsibility towards biodiversity: The BBNJ treaty, Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth Nyman, Elizabeth Mendenhall, and Elizabeth De Santo

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Cruise Ships, COVID-19, and Port/Flag State Obligations, Andrew Tirrell and Elizabeth Mendenhall

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Intersectional Ecologies: Reimagining Anthropology and Environment, Sarah E. Vaughn, Bridget Guarasci, and Amelia Moore

Submissions from 2020

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Climate change impacts to ports and maritime supply chains, Austin Becker

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A method for regional estimation of climate change exposure of coastal infrastructure: Case of USVI and the influence of digital elevation models on assessments, Gerald Bove, Austin Becker, Benjamin Sweeney, Michalis Vousdoukas, and Scott Kulp

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Science Communication Demands a Critical Approach That Centers Inclusion, Equity, and Intersectionality, Katherine N. Canfield, Sunshine Menezes, Shayle B. Matsuda, Amelia Moore, Alycia N. Mosley Austin, Bryan M. Dewsbury, Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, Katharine W.B. McDuffie, Kendall Moore, Christine A. Reich, Hollie M. Smith, and Cynthia Taylor

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Recreational boaters’ preferences for boating trips associated with offshore wind farms in US waters, Tracey Dalton, Michael Weir, Aislyne Calianos, Nelle D'Aversa, and Julia Livermore

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Stuck in the middle with you (and not much time left): The third intergovernmental conference on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, Elizabeth M. De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth Nyman, and Rachel Tiller

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Faring Well in Offshore Wind Power Siting? Trust, Engagement and Process Fairness in the United States, Jeremy Firestone, Christine Hirt, David Bidwell, Meryl Gardner, and Joseph Dwyer

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Coastal resource foraging, the culture of coastal livelihoods, and human well-being in Southeastern Puerto Rico: consensus, consonance, and some implications for coastal policy, Carlos G. García-Quijano and John J. Poggie

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Offshore Wind Projects and Fisheries: Conflict and Engagement in the United Kingdom and the United States, Claire Haggett, Talya ten Brink, Aaron Russell, Michael Roach, Jeremy Firestone, Tracey Dalton, and Bonnie J. McCay

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Applying MCDA to weight indicators of seaport vulnerability to climate and extreme weather impacts for U.S. North Atlantic ports, R. Duncan McIntosh and Austin Becker

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Solving the oceans' plastic problem, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Eliya M. Baron Lopez

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Climate change increases the risk of fisheries conflict, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Cullen Hendrix, Elizabeth Nyman, Paige M. Roberts, John Robison Hoopes, James R. Watson, Vicky W. Y. Lam, and Rashid Sumaila

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America’s Marine Highway stakeholders: a system-scale analysis of influence in decision making, Amit J. Mokashi, Austin Becker, and James J. Corbett

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Introduction: Islands and aquapelagos in the anthropocene, Amelia Moore

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Introduction: Oceans, Amelia Moore and Jerry K. Jacka

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Job satisfaction in small-scale fisheries: Comparing differences between Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Stefan Partelow, Tarsila Seara, Richard B. Pollnac, and Victor Ruiz

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Place Meaning and Consistency with Offshore Wind: An Island and Coastal Tale, Aaron Russell, Jeremy Firestone, David Bidwell, and Meryl Gardner

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Port stakeholder perceptions of Sandy impacts: a case study of Red Hook, New York, John Ryan-Henry and Austin Becker

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Resilience of Small-Scale Fishers to Declining Fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand, Suvaluck Satumanatpan and Richard Pollnac

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Impacts of Natural Disasters on Subjective Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Study of Puerto Rican Fishers’ Perceptions after Hurricanes Irma & Maria, Tarsila Seara, Richard Pollnac, and Karin Jakubowski

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Beyond the beach: Tradeoffs in tourism and recreation at the first offshore wind farm in the United States, Tiffany Smythe, David Bidwell, Amelia Moore, Hollie Smith, and Jennifer McCann

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Considering Future Sea Level Change in Maritime Infrastructure Design: A Survey of US Engineers, Benjamin Sweeney and Austin Becker

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Wealth blindness beyond national jurisdiction, Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth Nyman, and Ian Ralby

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Whatever floats your vote: understanding voter support for public port infrastructure investments, Jarron VanCeylon, Corey Lang, and Austin Becker

Submissions from 2019

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The Leadership Void for Climate Adaptation Planning: Case Study of the Port of Providence (Rhode Island, United States), Austin Becker and Eric Kretsch

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Storm resilience and sustainability at the Port of Providence, USA, Richard Burroughs and Austin Becker

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Institutional and Conceptual Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal Cultural Heritage, Alanna Casey and Austin Becker

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Chains of trust: Energy justice, public engagement, and the first offshore wind farm in the United States, Joseph Dwyer and David Bidwell

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Gatekeeping and Communities in Energy Transition: A Study of the Block Island Wind Farm, Christine Gilbert, Hollie Smith, David Bidwell, Tiffany Smythe, Amelia Moore, Jennifer McCann, and Emily Miller

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Water is life, but the colony is a necropolis: Environmental terrains of struggle in Puerto Rico, Hilda Lloréns and Maritza Stanchich

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Expert evaluation of open-data indicators of seaport vulnerability to climate and extreme weather impacts for U.S. North Atlantic ports, R. Duncan McIntosh and Austin Becker

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Measuring Climate and Extreme Weather Vulnerability to Inform Resilience, Report 2 : Port Decision-Makers’ Barriers to Climate and Extreme Weather Adaptation, Elizabeth Layli Mclean and Austin Becker

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Decision makers’ barriers to climate and extreme weather adaptation: a study of North Atlantic high- and medium-use seaports, Elizabeth L. Mclean and Austin Becker

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Interpreting the law of the sea ‘regime of islands’: An opportunity for productive US leadership, Elizabeth Mendenhall

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The Ocean Governance Regime, Elizabeth Mendenhall

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A soft treaty, hard to reach: The second inter-governmental conference for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Nyman, and Rachel Tiller

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Destination Anthropocene: Science and Tourism in the Bahamas, Amelia Moore

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Sociocultural aspects of implementing aquaculture systems in marine fishing communities, Richard B. Pollnac

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Evaluating impacts of marine governance on human communities: Testing aspects of a human impact assessment model, Richard B. Pollnac, Courtney Carothers, Tarsila Seara, and John J. Poggie

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Elements in evaluating success and failure in aquaculture projects, Richard B. Pollnac, Susan Peterson, and Leah J. Smith

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Cages, Controversies and conflict: Carp culture in lake toba, Indonesia, Richard B. Pollnac and Saudara Sihombing

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The Importance of Brokers in Collaborative Marine Ecosystem-Based Management of Social Ecological Systems, Tiffany Smythe, Robert Thompson, and Carlos Garcia-Quijano

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Visualizations Out of Context: Addressing Pitfalls of Real-Time Realistic Hazard Visualizations, Peter Stempel and Austin Becker

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The once and future treaty: Towards a new regime for biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, Rachel Tiller, Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Mendenhall, and Elizabeth Nyman

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Fishers' Knowledge and Perceptions of the Emerging Southern New England Jonah Crab Fishery, Corinne L. Truesdale, Tracey M. Dalton, and M. Conor McManus

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Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Models Through Participatory Processes: Case Study of Westerly Rhode Island, Robert Witkop, Austin Becker, Peter Stempel, and Isaac Ginis

Submissions from 2018

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Marine resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene, Shankar Aswani, Xavier Basurto, Sebastian Ferse, Marion Glaser, Lisa Campbell, Joshua E. Cinner, Tracey Dalton, Lekelia D. Jenkins, Marc L. Miller, Richard Pollnac, Ismael Vaccaro, and Patrick Christie

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The role of proximity to waterfront in residents’ relocation decision-making post-Hurricane Sandy, Anamaria Bukvic, Hongxiao Zhu, Rita Lavoie, and Austin Becker

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Policy pivot in Puget Sound: Lessons learned from marine protected areas and tribally-led estuarine restoration, Patrick Christie, David Fluharty, Haley Kennard, Richard Pollnac, Brad Warren, and Terry Williams

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Attitudinal Factors and Personal Characteristics Influence Support for Shellfish Aquaculture in Rhode Island (US) Coastal Waters, Tracey M. Dalton and Di Jin

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Wind in the sails or choppy seas?: People-place relations, aesthetics and public support for the United States’ first offshore wind project, Jeremy Firestone, David Bidwell, Meryl Gardner, and Lauren Knapp

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Wading past assumptions: Gender dimensions of climate change adaptation in coastal communities of the Philippines, Kathryn Graziano, Richard Pollnac, and Patrick Christie

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Beyond blanqueamiento: black affirmation in contemporary Puerto Rico, Hilda Lloréns

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Imaging Disaster: Puerto Rico through the Eye of Hurricane María, Hilda Lloréns

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Factors Influencing Environmentally Responsible Behavior among Coastal Recreationists, Sarina F. Lyon, David Bidwell, and Richard B. Pollnac

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Oceans of Plastic: A Research Agenda to Propel Policy Development, Elizabeth Mendenhall

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Treating Outer Space Like a Place: A Case for Rejecting Other Domain Analogies, Elizabeth Mendenhall

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Teaching Critical Understandings of Realism through Historical War Simulations, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Tarek Tutunji

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Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia, Isavela N. Monioudi, Regina Asariotis, Austin Becker, Cassandra Bhat, Danielle Dowding-Gooden, Miguel Esteban, Luc Feyen, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Antigoni Nikolaou, Leonard Nurse, Willard Phillips, David A-Y Smith, Mizushi Satoh, Ulric O'Donnell Trotz, Adonis F. Velegrakis, Evangelos Voukouvalas, Michalis I. Vousdoukas, and Robert Witkop

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Selling Anthropocene space: situated adventures in sustainable tourism, Amelia Moore

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Implications of climate change for shipping: Opening the Arctic seas, Adolf K.Y. Ng, Jonathan Andrews, David Babb, Yufeng Lin, and Austin Becker

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Port Decision Maker Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Climate Adaptation Actions, Adolf K.Y. Ng, Huiying Zhang, Mawuli Afenyo, Austin Becker, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-ling Chen, Miguel Esteban, Claudio Ferrari, Yui-yip Lau, Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Jason Monios, Alessio Tei, Zaili Yang, and Michele Acciaro

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Chaos, conflict and change: The reemergence and evolution of fishery governance in the small scale fisheries of Somalia, Richard B. Pollnac, Kifle W. Hagos, Brian R. Crawford, Abdi Mohamed Dahir, Hussein Haji Yusuf, and Abdirashid Mohamed Hussein

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The Social Dynamics of Turbine Tourism and Recreation: Introducing a mixed-method approach to the study of the First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm, Hollie Smith, Tiffany Smythe, Amelia Moore, David Bidwell, and Jennifter McCann

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Public estimates of support for offshore wind energy: False consensus, pluralistic ignorance, and partisan effects, Rebecca Sokoloski, Ezra M. Markowitz, and David Bidwell

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Real-Time Chronological Hazard Impact Modeling, Peter Stempel, Isaac Ginis, David S. Ullman, Austin Becker, and Robert Witkop

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Designing port infrastucture for sea level change: A survey of engineers, Benjamin Sweeney and Austin Becker

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Perceptions of Commercial and Recreational Fishers on the Potential Ecological Impacts of the Block Island Wind Farm (US), Talya S. ten Brink and Tracey Dalton

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Feeding island dreams: exploring the relationship between food security and agritourism in the Caribbean, Adelle Thomas, Amelia Moore, and Michael Edwards