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Department of Marine Affairs

 
Professor of Marine Affairs  
 
Richard Burroughs
 
Education:

  • Ph.D., Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 
Research Areas:

  • Marine environmental policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation

  • Ecosystem management

  • Marine pollution

  • Science and public policy

  • Estuaries
 
Selected Publications:
 
  • Burroughs, R.H., R. Thompson, and T. Smythe, "Exploring the Connections Between Ferries and Urban Form: Some Considerations Before Jumping on Board," 13 Journal of Urban Technology 25-52 (2006)

  • "Institutional Change in the Port of New York," 32 Maritime Policy and Management 315-328 (2005)

  • "Dredging Navigational Channels in a Changing Scientific and Regulatory Environment," 36 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 171-218 (2004) (co-author: Lawrence Juda) www.uritc.uri.edu/media/finalreportspdf/536151.pdf

  • "Goal and Trend Assessment to Define Coastal Ecosystem Management Initiatives," Local Environment 8(3):277-290 (2003)

  • Boesch, D.F., Burroughs, R.H., Baker, J.E., Mason, R.P., Rowe, C.L. and R.L. Siefert. 2001. Marine Pollution in the United States: Significant Accomplishments, Future Challenges. Pew Oceans Commission, Arlington, VA.

  • "When Stakeholders Choose: Process, Knowledge, and Motivation in Water Quality Decisions," Society and Natural Resources 12(8): (1999)

  • "Oil and Gas Deposits: Extraction and Uses." In D.E. Alexander, ed., Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999) pp.454-456

  • "Ocean Waste Disposal," In D.E. Alexander, ed., Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999) pp.451-452

  • "CSO Controls for Narragansett Bay: Are Scientists Stakeholders?," 14th Biennial Estaurine Research Federation Conference Abstracts (1997), p.25

  • "Planning Estuaries," Estuaries 20:819 (1997)

  • "Perceptions of the Rhode Island Oil Spill." Quick Response Report #91. NSF/Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, 1996, 14pp. (co-author C. Dyer)

  • "A Policy Orientation Toward Estuarine Shores." In K.F. Nordstrom and C.T. Roman, Estuarine Shores: Hydrological, Geomorphological, and Ecological Interactions (New York, John Wiley, 1996) pp.435-448

  • "Ecosystem Management: A Comparison of Greater Yellowstone and Georges Bank." Environmental Management 19:649-663 (1995) (co-author: T.W. Clark)

  • "Els Conflictes de Destio i els Problemes Ambientals." In R. Margalef et al. BIOSFERA Litorals i Oceans, pp. 278-304 (1994) (coauthors: Z. Dubinsky, E. Hoyt and J. Romero)

  • "Nonpoint Sources as External Threats to Coastal Water Quality: Lessons from Park Service Experience." Coastal Management 21:131-142 (1993)

  • "Organizational Change and Marine Environmental Protection: The Dredge Spoil Siting Record." Environmental Management 15:573-579 (1991)

  • "The Prospects for Comprehensive Ocean Management," 14 Marine Policy 23-35 (1990) (co-author: Lawrence Juda)


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