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摘要
This report proposes a method for assessing resilience-building components in coastal social ecological systems Using the proposed model the preferences of experts in Masan Bay (South Korea) and Puget Sound (USA) are compared A total of 30 management objectives were determined and used to build a hierarchic tree designed using the principles of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Surveys were performed with 35 Puget Sound experts using face-to-face interviews and with 28 Masan Bay experts by mail The results demonstrate that the legal objective which enables legislation was the highest preferred component in both regions The knowledge translation variable was also given a high preference score in both regions An analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the Puget Sound experts significantly favored attention to education habitat restoration and species protection objectives in comparison to the Masan Bay experts The Masan Bay experts placed greater emphasis on legislation and the type of institutional design than did the Puget Sound experts Using cluster analysis four distinct groups of respondents were independently identified in Puget Sound and three groups were identified in Masan Bay One unique subgroup in the Puget Sound experts group which was characterized by its high preferences for habitat restoration and species protection was not observed in Masan Bay Demographic variables (length of career and role in coastal issue) failed to account for the differences in groupings and preferences in either region except for the variable favoring information source in the Puget Sound group This finding implies that the demographic information was not related to differences in group opinions in both regions The analysis framework presented here was effective in identifying expert
- 出版日期2011-1
