Green Recovery Strategies
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Towards a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery of the Blue Economy and coastal communities (RRR-Coast).
$2M Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) grant (2022-2025)
Coastal communities have experienced significant economic losses during the pandemic (e.g., due to a decline in tourism and contractions in other industries), but impacts, consequences on equity, and the potential for recovery are so far under-studied. At this time, governments need to determine how recovery can be socially inclusive, sustainable, and resilient, but face a lack of reliable data.
Our project aims at filling this knowledge gap by studying the following aspect in Costa Rica, Germany, Scotland and the USA:
(1) the socio-economic impacts brought by both COVID-19 and the implemented response measures such as movement restrictions,
(2) the preferred short-term and long-term COVID-19 recovery strategies for each sector of the Blue Economy,
(3) the main barriers to coastal green and inclusive recovery policies and programs,
(4) elements of resilience in the recovery strategies that could successfully contribute to a sustainable and inclusive development, benchmarked against the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and
(5) lessons and best practices transferable across risks and locations to efficiently respond to/prevent future crises.
FUNDING AGENCIES
PARTNERS
TEAM
Fabrice Renaud, PI
Head of School of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Professor in Environmental Risk/Community Resilience
University of Glasgow
Catalina María Esquivel Rodríguez, Co-PI
Co-PI for the Transatlantic grant and PI for the DRCI grant
Professor, School of Public Administration
University of Costa Rica
Marta Vicarelli, Co-PI
Co-PI for the Transatlantic grant and PI for the NSF grant
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Yvonne Walz, Co-PI
Co-PI for the Transatlantic grant and PI for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Grant
Associate Academic Officer and ad interim Head of the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES)
Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS)
David Clelland
Lecturer in Rural Regeneration - School of Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Glasgow
Lisa Hartmann
Research Associate, Institute for Environment and Human Security,
United Nations University (UNU-EHS)
Patrizia Riganti
Professor in Tourism - School of Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Glasgow
Research Assistants
Anna Kholi
Economic and Data Science, Mount Holyoke
Samira Alam
Department of Economics and Isenberg School of Management,
Minor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Universsty of Massachusetts Amherst
Aastha Rajani
Honors College, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ishani Palandurkar
Doctoral Student - Energy, Environment, and Food Economics (2023-27)
The Pennsylvania State University