Advancing a Societal Impact Assessment Framework for Oil and Gas Operations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Description: The project team plans to develop a framework that coastal decision makers can use to measure and track the socio-economic impacts of offshore oil and gas operations in the context of environmental change and extreme weather. After reviewing relevant publications, conducting interviews and surveys, and holding focus groups with affected communities, the project team will create a formal societal impact assessment protocol that Gulf of Mexico communities can access online.

Funding Cycle: Thriving Communities 1
Funding Organization: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

Systematic Review of Recent Social Indicator Efforts in US Coastal and Ocean Ecosystems (2000–2016)