Browsing by Author "Brewer, Jennifer F."
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Decisions Under Duress: Influences on Official Decision Making During Superstorm Sandy
Hoekstra, Stephanie (East Carolina University, 2015-12-08)During impending storms, emergency managers and politicians are tasked with the difficult decision of whether or not to issue evacuation orders for their area. This study uses Superstorm Sandy as a case study and investigates ... -
Paper fish and policy conflict: Catch shares and ecosystem-based management in Maine's groundfishery
Brewer, Jennifer F. (2011)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration professes support for ecosystem-based fisheries management, as mandated by Congress in the Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and as endorsed by the Obama ... -
Revisiting maine's lobster commons: Rescaling political subjects
Brewer, Jennifer F. (2012)Calls for cross-scalar theoretical and methodological approaches are not new to commons scholarship. Such efforts might be hastened by channelling poststructuralist and critical theory perspectives through the geographic ... -
WATER'S GONNA RISE : SEA-LEVEL RISE RISK PERCEPTION, COMMUNICATION AND POLICY-MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Covi, Michelle P. (East Carolina University, 2014)Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas around the world with the loss of land, damage to personal and public property, ecological impacts, displacement of populations, and exacerbated risk associated with severe storm ...