美国不断变化的海洋和沿海经济外文翻译.doc
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1、美国不断变化的海洋和沿海经济外文翻译 外文翻译原文The Changing Ocean and Coastal Economy of the United States Material Source:/.Author: Charles S.Colgan The United States Commission on Ocean Policy has undertaken a major review of factors affecting the nations coasts and oceans and will be reporting on its recommendations f
2、or changes in national policy in 2009.An important part of the changes affecting the coasts and oceans have been changes in the demographic and economic environment as well as the natural environment.To help understand changes, the Commission asked the National Ocean Economics ProjectNOEPto prepare
3、an analysis of these factors based on the Projects data on the ocean and coastal economy.The NOEP is an independent research project located at universities on the east and west coasts,and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNOAAand the Environmental Protect AgencyEPA. This
4、paper provides a summary of key findings on the socio-economic factors influencing the coastal and ocean economy that have been provided to the Commission and explores the implications of those trends.The report to the Commission primarily considers these trends from a national perspective;this pape
5、r explores some of the implications of these trends for state policies. Ten major conclusions have been drawn from the socio-economic analysis: 1.The coast is not a single area.Socio-economic data suggests at least four different regions that are coastalcoastal states,coastal watershed counties,coas
6、tal zone counties,and the near shore. 2.The common perception that“everyone is moving to the coast”is incorrect.The pressure of population growth in coastal regions comes from the increasing size of the population within a fixed land area,not from a disproportionately large amount of growth. While t
7、he population growth rate in coastal areas has been consistent with national trends, the sheer size of the population density in the coastal area has major effects. 3.Dramatic changes in the coast have come about from employment and economic growth, particularly in the near shore area.Nationally,emp
8、loyment growth was nearly three times population growth nearest the shore.North Carolina more than doubled its employment in the near shore area between 1990 and 2000,while four other statesAlabama,Mississippi, Florida,and New Yorksaw employment grow by more than 50%in the near shore area. 4.The coa
9、stal and ocean economy are related but not identical.The coastal economy comprises all economic activity in the coastal regions,while the ocean economy is that activity directly related to the ocean as an input.The ocean economy includes ocean dependent activities such as minerals extraction,fisheri
10、es,and marine transportation,while the coastal economy is a region which provides access to the services of the ocean as well as being a specific economy within a larger region. 5.Economic activity in coastal regions is very large.Seventy-five percent of the nations Gross State Product came from the
11、 coastal states in 2000.Almost half of the economy 3 came from the coastal watershed counties,and more than one-third came from those counties in which states operate their Coastal Zone Management programs.The near shore area,which is 4%of the nations land,produces more than 11%of the nations econom
12、ic output. 6.The ocean economy is also large,with 2.3 million people employed and$117 billion in outputgross state productin 2000.The ocean economy comprised 1.6% of the nations employment-ranging from 17.7% of Hawaiis employment to 0.6% of Ohio and Indianas employment. 7.The ocean economy has under
13、gone dramatic change over the past decade.Tourism and recreation provided all of the job growth,while the other ocean economy sectors declined in employmentliving resources,minerals,ship and boat building,and transportationor grew only slightlymarine construction.The ocean economy grew more slowly t
14、han the national economy. 8.While the tourism and recreation sector has displayed significant job growth,the transportation and minerals industries play much larger roles in the ocean economy in their contribution to the economy than their employment share implies.These sectors,along with ship and b
15、oat building,pay the highest wages in the ocean economy. 9.More than 90%of the employment in the ocean economy is located in urban areas,but the ocean economy comprises a much larger proportion of employment in rural areas. 10.We have invested very little in the understanding of the ocean and coasta
16、l economy and in the value of its resources. Sound policy will require improved understanding of socioeconomic factors,including expanding date collection,and management. Stats will play a critical role,in partnership with the federal government,in collecting the required date. Implications for star
17、es These findings suggest several important implications for state policies in several different areas,including coastal resource management,transportation,land use planning, economic development and state economic data collection and management. For coastal resource management: From a population gr
18、owth perspective,the coast is moving inland. Population growth is an issue for all coastal areas,but there are different trends within thedifferent sub-regions of the coast that must be considered.Upland areas are growing faster than the near shore,in part due to the limited amount and high price of
19、 shoreline real estate.Thus population growth pressures are more likely to occur in the counties near the shore,but away from the immediate shoreline. On the coast of population growth is not really the permanent resident in the short term, but those near the seashore large population. These include
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