Social disruption and the Valdez oil spill : Alaskan natives in a natural resource community.

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Dyer, Christopher L

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1992Description: 22 p. : illSubject: This study presents a conceptual model for examining the social impacts of the Valdez oil spill on natural resource-dependent communities. Data on social and subsistence disruption experienced by Alaskan natives are analyzed for two time periods: 1989 and 1990. The results reveal substantial uncertainty and disruption, with indications of changing patterns for long-term social impacts. The study concludes with recommendations for restoration and recovery suggested from the results of the data analysis and the natural resource community model.

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Reprinted from Sociological Spectrum; 12; p.105-126

This study presents a conceptual model for examining the social impacts of the Valdez oil spill on natural resource-dependent communities. Data on social and subsistence disruption experienced by Alaskan natives are analyzed for two time periods: 1989 and 1990. The results reveal substantial uncertainty and disruption, with indications of changing patterns for long-term social impacts. The study concludes with recommendations for restoration and recovery suggested from the results of the data analysis and the natural resource community model.

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