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

Drs. Bonnie McCay（Rutgers），Patricia M.克莱和丽莎L.科尔本（都是NOAA渔业的）将研究什么因素有助于人们具有“弹性”，即或多或少容易地从灾害中恢复过来。来自地理学、人类学和心理学的灾害研究表明，复原力因经验、知识、传统和社会政治背景而异，也因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）造成的而异。这项研究将进一步探讨飓风桑迪如何影响了两个受灾最严重的州新泽西和纽约沿海社区的日常生活、社会生活和工作生活。定性数据将通过采访广泛的受影响个人来收集，以了解到目前为止他们如何以及在多大程度上能够从风暴中恢复过来，以及他们是否认为他们可以继续留在原地，或者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和气候变化观点变化的潜在影响。这项研究将为另外两项由NOAA渔业资助的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对桑迪严重破坏的纽约和新泽西沿海社区的人类学研究成果中受益。这项研究的结果，加上国家海洋渔业局记录风暴对基础设施影响的努力，应有助于向渔港和社区提供适当援助。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.