Social, Economic and Cultural Overview and Assessment for Ocean ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................................I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... VII
GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................................ IX
1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 1
2.0 METHODOLOGY USED IN THIS REVIEW............................................................................ 2
2.1 DATA COLLECTION ...................................................................................................................... 2
2.2 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS & CASE STUDY SELECTION ............................................................ 3
2.3 CASE STUDY FORMAT.................................................................................................................. 7
2.4 CHALLENGES AND ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS REVIEW..................................................................... 8
3.0 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS......................................................................................................... 9
3.1 DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGIES........................................................................................ 9
3.2 IDENTIFICATION OF COMMONLY USED VARIABLES ................................................................... 16
3.3 ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................... 24
4.0 OVERALL OBSERVATIONS ................................................................................................... 26
5.0 CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................................................................... 29
APPENDIX A: EXPERTS CONTACT LIST.......................................................................................... 30
APPENDIX B: CRITERIA USED TO GUIDE CASE STUDY SELECTIONS................................... 32
APPENDIX C: PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF VARIABLES IN CASE STUDIES................................. 33
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1a: Grouping of case studies according to relevance to a LOMA ………………………. 5
Figure 1b: Geographical location of the 16 case studies………………………………………… 6
Figure 2: The distribution of primary and/or secondary data within the case studies..................10
Figure 3: Percentage of primary and secondary data used in the case studies...………………...11
Figure 4: Secondary data sources used in the case studies………………………………………12
Figure 5: Analysis of Case Study Attributes……………………………………………………..25
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Summary of primary data collection methods used in the case studies………………..15
Table 2: Identification of commonly used variables for LOMA-scale case studies……………..19
Table 3: Identification of commonly used variables for large-scale multiple
country assessments ……………………………………………………………………………...20
Table 4: Identification of commonly used variables for small-scale assessments…………….....20
Table 5: Core elements of a social, economic & cultural overview and assessment…………….22
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