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Disruption and stress in an Alaskan fishing community: initial and continuing impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill

1992; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/108602669200600305

0921-8106

J. Steven Picou, Duane A. Gill, Christopher L. Dyer, Evans W. Curry,

Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

The study of technological disasters has been characterized by conceptual am biguity and non-ecological considerations of community vulnerability. This re search employs an ecological-symbolic theoretical approach that identifies nat ural resource communities as particularly vulnerable to disasters that contaminate biophysical resources. A longitudinal panel study, including a control community, provides data on disruption and stress experienced by res idents of a small fishing community in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The analysis reveals a continuing pattern of stress and disruptions some 18 months following the spill. The report concludes with a discussion of the specific long- term patterns observed.