RAPID: Weathered Storms and Following Seas: Fisheries in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

罗格斯大学的Bonnie McCay博士、Patricia M.Clay博士和Lisa L.Colburn博士(均来自NOAA渔业)将研究哪些因素有助于人们变得“有韧性”，即或多或少容易从灾难中恢复过来。地理学、人类学和心理学对灾害的研究表明，恢复力不仅基于经验、知识、传统和社会政治背景，而且还取决于灾害是由自然环境还是人为错误(例如，城市规划不足或技术故障)造成的。这项研究将进一步探索飓风桑迪如何影响新泽西州和纽约州这两个受灾最严重的州沿海社区的日常生活、社交生活和工作生活。将通过采访广泛的受影响个人来收集定性数据，以了解他们到目前为止如何以及在多大程度上能够从风暴中恢复，以及他们是否认为他们可以继续目前或将需要将他们的家园和/或企业搬到新的地点。访谈将澄清这些看法以及气候变化观点变化的潜在影响。这项研究将为NOAA渔业资助的另外两项已经完成的研究增加数据。参与备灾和救灾工作的政策制定者和研究人员将从这项关于纽约和新泽西沿海社区被桑迪严重破坏的人类学研究结果中受益。这项研究的结果，连同国家海洋渔业局记录风暴对基础设施的影响的努力，应有助于向渔港和社区提供适当的援助。此外，研究生将获得进行定性研究的宝贵经验。

Drs. Bonnie McCay (Rutgers), Patricia M. Clay and Lisa L. Colburn (both of NOAA Fisheries) will study what factors help people to be "resilient", that is, to recover from disasters more or less easily. Studies of disasters drawn from geography, anthropology, and psychology suggest that resilience differs based on experience, knowledge, tradition, and socio-political context, but also whether a hazard is perceived as caused by the natural environment or by human errors (for example, inadequate city planning or technological breakdown). This research will further explore how Hurricane Sandy has impacted the daily routines, social life, and work life of coastal communities in the two hardest hit states, New Jersey and New York. Qualitative data will be collected by interviewing a broad cross-section of affected individuals, to see how and how much they have been able to recover from the storm so far and whether they think they can continue where they are or will need to move their homes and/or businesses to new locations. Interviews will clarify these perceptions and the potential influence of changing views of climate change. This study will add data to two other already completed studies funded by NOAA Fisheries.Policymakers and researchers who are involved in disaster preparedness and relief efforts will benefit from the outcomes of this anthropological study of the New York and New Jersey coastal communities severely damaged by Sandy. The results of this research, together with the efforts of the National Marine Fisheries Service to document the infrastructural effects of the storm, should assist in providing appropriate assistance to fishing ports and communities. In addition, graduate students will gain valuable experience conducting qualitative research.