David Loomis

 David Loomis

David C. Loomis

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Prof. Loomis is an amazing teacher!!! He has great material that he presented in an understandable manner!

Apr 27, 2018
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Prof. Loomis is a great person and teacher. He takes great pride in his work and he cares for his students. He's also a pristine dresser!!! Totally cute!!! ;)

Biography

East Carolina University - Marketing


Resume

  • 1983

    Ph.D.

    Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

    Texas A&M University

  • 1981

    MS

    Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

    Colorado State University

  • 1976

    BS

    Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism

    Michigan State University

  • Sarah Young

    Shoreline change has serious implications for coastal communities and policymakers at\nall levels of government. The purpose of this study was to examine existing knowledge\non the social effects of erosion and accretion along the North Atlantic Coast. Initially

    a\ncomprehensive annotated bibliography of peer-reviewed literature was undertaken from\nwhich trends and themes were identified. A gap analysis matrix was developed using\nsocial variables and measurable parameters. Findings showed that overall

    the quantity

    \nbreadth

    and depth of literature were limited

    and neglected the interdisciplinary\nperspective necessary to understand the social implications of shoreline change.

    The Human Dimension of Changing Shorelines Along the U.S. North Atlantic Coast

    Coastal management is driven by the values and priorities of society as expressed through social

    political

    and economic systems. Diverse resource management goals reflect what society wants from its surrounding environments as presented in enabling legislation and other resource laws. Today

    coastal management encompasses decisions of what to regulate

    what enterprises and initiatives to promote

    and which ecosystem services are most important to citizens and businesses. Data based on the natural or physical sciences are important

    but are just one input into this socially driven

    value-based process. This paper offers an insight into why an ecosystem service approach using human dimensions as the major driver is becoming an increasing focus of coastal resource management.

    The Human Dimensions of Coastal Ecosystem Services: Management for Social Values

    Coastal resource management revolves around defining the dynamic between people and the marine and coastal resources they use and depend upon for a large range of goods and services. The process of defining that dynamic is iterative and must account not only for changing natural resource conditions but also for changing social conditions. Decision-making therefore happens within a context of a social system that includes differing levels of capacity

    commitment

    economics

    political mandates and pressures

    and cultural and traditional frameworks. The aim of this paper is to introduce a hierarchical approach in which the large number of variables needed to measure the complex

    numerous and abstract social concepts used to evaluate the delivery of ecosystem services can be aggregated into smaller sets of indicators

    which can ultimately be aggregated into a single report card. These variables and indicators can identify and describe non-economic human dimensions societal benefits derived as ecosystem services that are readily collected

    that can identify changes over time

    and are appropriate to specific coastal regions. The identified indicators would capture changes in the delivery of overall ecosystem services impacted by

    or that will impact

    changes in particular sets of environmental characteristics that are valued by society at large.

    Human Dimensions Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Services: A Hierarchical Perspective.

    Christopher Kelble

    Peter Ortner

    Enabling ecosystem-based management requires

    among other things

    reaching a scientifically based consensus with respect to the key characteristics of a sustainable ecosystem capable of supporting those levels of key ecosystem services desired by society. To determine and convey whether an ecosystem is in fact approaching this goal implies developing indicators that capture the status of both the natural and societal aspects of the system. That said

    developing consistent and useful indicators for both societal and natural system aspects of the ecosystem requires both resolving disparate perspectives and inconsistent terminology between human dimensions and natural system scientists and keeping the number of indicators manageably few

    without oversimplifying a highly complex ecosystem. To accomplish this we employed a “recursive relationship” approach that defined (and redefined) variables

    indicators

    and indices along a sliding hierarchy from measurable parameters to highly aggregated indices. To illustrate this approach it is applied herein to both a human dimensions index (recreational quality)

    and a natural sciences index (water column). This “recursive relationship” approach facilitated development of a parsimonious set of high-level indices that together constitute an ecosystem report card integrating natural system status and related societal dimensions from an ecosystem services perspective

    while maintaining all of the information at lower levels necessary to inform specific management decisions.

    Developing integrated ecosystem indices

    David

    East Carolina University

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Institute for Coastal Science and Policy

    Professor

    East Carolina University

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

MKTG 3832

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