Publications on Vulnerability and Environmental Change

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Journal Articles

Tuler, S., Agyeman, J., Pinto da Silva, P., LoRusso, K., and Kay, R. 2008. Assessing Vulnerabilities: Integrating Information about Driving Forces that Affect Risks and Resilience in Fishing Communities, Human Ecology Review 15(2):171-184.

Dietz, T., Tanguay, J., Tuler, S., and Webler, T. 2004. Making Computer Models Useful: An Exploration of Expectations by Modelers and Local Officials. Journal of Coastal Management, 32(3): 307-318. (Abstract)

Webler, T., Tuler, S., Shockey, I., Stern, P. C., and Beattie, R. 2003. Participation by local governmental officials in watershed management planning. Society and Natural Resources 16(2):105-121. (Abstract)

Tuler, S., Webler, T., Shockey, I., and Stern, P. C., 2002. Factors influencing the participation of local governmental officials in the National Estuary Program. Coastal Management 30(1):101-120. (Abstract)

Machlis, G.E., Kaplan, A.B., Tuler, S.P., Bagby, K.A., and McKendry, J.E. 2002. Burning Questions: A Social Science Research Plan for Federal Wildland Fire Management. Report to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho.

Webler, T, Shockey, I, and Tuler, S. 2000. Why do (or don’t) local government officials participate in watershed planning efforts? Coastlines 10.2 (April): 10-11.

SERI Project Reports

Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. Guidance for Rapid Vulnerability and Consequence Assessment ofFisheries Management Plan. SERI Report 09-005. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (PDF Available)

Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. A risk-based approach to rapid vulnerability assessment in New England fishery communities. Case study of the groundfishing sector in Chatham, Massachusetts. SERI Report 09-002. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (PDF Available)

Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. A risk-based approach to rapid vulnerability assessment in New England fishery communities. Case study of the groundfishing sector in coastal New Hampshire. SERI Report 09-003. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (PDF Available)

Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. A risk-based approach to rapid vulnerability assessment in New England fishery communities. Case study of the groundfishing sector in New Bedford, Massachusetts. SERI Report 09-004. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (PDF Available)

Tuler, S., Agyeman, J., Pinto da Silva, P., Roth LoRusso, K., and Kay, R. Forthcoming. Characterizing and identifying vulnerable populations among northeast marine fishery stakeholders: Literature review and case study. Woods Hole, MA: Northeast Fisheries Science Center.

Webler, T., Tuler, S., Tanguay, J., and Dietz, T. 2001. Modelers’ views on the role of models in watershed management. SERI Report 01-001. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute.(PDF available)

Tuler, S. and Webler, T. 1997. Report on the state of the art on indicators for sustainable community development. SERI Report 97-001. Greenfield, MA: Social and Environmental Research Institute.