Towards a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery of the Blue Economy and coastal communities

该研究项目使用来自四个国家-哥斯达黎加、德国、苏格兰（英国）和美国-的沿海社区的案例研究，研究COVID-19大流行对这些社区的环境和经济影响。 这些社区的生计依赖于依赖沿海旅游业（蓝色经济）的沿海社区，但疫情导致这些社区的旅游业和其他经济活动大幅减少。 该项目评估了蓝色经济社区更愿意恢复的方面;沿海社区弹性和包容性发展的决定因素;以及依赖沿海旅游业（蓝色经济）谋生的沿海社区的社会经济表现。 此外，该项目还涉及对早期职业研究人员的培训。这项研究特别关注弱势群体的复原力和可能的恢复战略。 该研究项目的结果为政策提供了投入，以减轻COVID-19疫情对环境敏感的沿海社区社区的负面影响，并促进沿海经济在疫情后的弹性和公平发展。 该研究项目使用多种方法和比较方法来研究COVID-19大流行对环境和社会经济的影响，特别是对依赖环境旅游的沿海经济体（蓝色经济）的影响。 具体而言，该项目研究COVID-19的社会经济影响和应对疫情的政策;蓝色经济的短期和长期COVID-19复苏战略;沿海绿色和包容性复苏政策的障碍;成功的复原力复苏战略的要素;以及跨风险和地点可转移的经验教训和最佳实践，以有效应对或预防未来危机。该项目采用了大规模的沿海地区当局和企业的调查，离散选择实验，以评估未来的恢复情况，和专家访谈。这项研究的结果与每个国家的其他学术机构，合作伙伴和主要利益相关者分享。 该研究项目的结果为政策提供了投入，以减轻COVID-19对环境敏感的沿海社区社区的负面影响，以及沿海经济体的发展弹性和公平的疫情后发展。 这项研究的结果因此有助于建立美国作为一个全球领导者在环境和气候友好的发展。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得的支持，通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This research project uses case studies from coastal communities in four countries---Costa Rica, Germany, Scotland (UK), and the United States---to study the environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on these communities. These communities depend on coastal communities that depend on coastal tourism (Blue Economy) for their livelihoods, but the pandemic led to drastic reduction in tourism and other economic activities in these communities. The project assesses which aspects of the Blue Economy communities prefer to recover; determinants of resilient and inclusive development of coastal communities; and determinants coastal communities that depend on coastal tourism (Blue Economy) for their livelihoods of socioeconomic performance. In addition, the project involves the training of early career researchers. The research pays particular attention to the resilience of vulnerable people, and possible strategies for recovery. The results of this research project provide inputs into policies to mitigate the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities living in environmentally sensitive coastal communities and the development of resilient and fair post-pandemic development of coastal economies. The results of this research could therefore help to establish the U.S. as a global leader in environmental and climate friendly development.This research project uses several methods and a comparative approach to study the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on coastal economies that depend on environmental tourism (Blue Economy). Specifically, the project studies the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and policy response to the pandemic; short- and long-term COVID-19 recovery strategies of the Blue Economy; barriers to coastal green and inclusive recovery policies; elements of successful resilience recovery strategies; and lessons and best practices transferable across risks and locations to efficiently respond to or prevent future crises. The project employs large-scale surveys of coastal regional authorities and businesses, discrete choice experiments to value future recovery scenarios, and expert interviews. The results of this research are shared with other academic institutions, partners, and key stakeholders in each country. The results of this research project provide inputs into policies to mitigate the negative consequences of the COVID-19 on communities living in environmentally sensitive coastal communities and the development resilient and fair post-pandemic development of coastal economies. The results of this research therefore help to establish the U.S. as a global leader in environmental and climate friendly development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.