I am co-authoring a paper with University of Pennsylvania PhD student, Bianca R. Charbonneau, and East Carolina University Professor, Christine Avenarius. We will be submitting shortly to Journal of Environmental Management.
The study aims to discover the opinions and knowledge base of Monmouth and Ocean County on beach management and dunes, and thereby illuminate community misconceptions to pave the way for smoother future management practices and thus a better protected shoreline. We have completed two data collection phases. In phase I, I surveyed beachgoers from six locations in Ocean County. The sample size included forty-eight participants using a twenty-questioned, open-ended survey. The results of phase I can be found below from my presentation. I surveyed 300 participants this past summer in Monmouth and Ocean County for phase II. |