Coastal Zone Impacts of the Dockside Casino Industry: The Mississippi Experience. Proceedings of a Workshop. Held in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 7-8, 1996

摘要

In 1995, NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal Programs Division (OCRM/CPD) announced the intention to address a comprehensive technical assistance initiative for Coastal Zone Management Programs, with the goal of transferring data from local or regional coastal experiences to the national arena. Through a special grant proposal, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Coastal Zone Management Program requested and received funds to sponsor and host a dockside gaming conference/workshop in support of the OCRM/CPD Technical Assistance Initiative. The workshop featured national, regional, and local expert panelists who presented a broad range of issues dealing with cumulative and secondary impacts that can arise from the siting of dockside gaming in a coastal community. This publication of the workshop proceedings expands the workshop results to a wide audience and fulfills the goals of realizing a national perspective on cumulative and secondary impacts from growth and development.