Niels West Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs     Education: Ph.D., Geography, Rutgers -- The State University   Research Areas: Environmental impact assessment Coastal demographics Marine recreation and tourism Marine affairs as a discipline   Selected Publications:   Marine Affairs Dictionary: Terms, Concepts, Laws, Court Cases and International Conventions and Agreements (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004) Quantitative Methods for Marine Affairs Professionals, (Greenwood Press, 1996) A Guide to Impact Assessment in Coastal Environments, Coastal Resources Center, URI, Kingston, RI (co-authored with Jens Sorensen) (1992) "Marine Recreation in North America," in Pablo Fabbri (ed.), Recreational Uses in Coastal Areas, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands (1989) "Coastal and Marine Geography" in Cort Willmott (ed.), Geography in America (New York: John Wiley, 1989) "A Preliminary Review of Water Quality Parameters and Recreational User Perceptions of Nearshore Water Quality," 5 Journal of Coastal Research 3, 563-572 (1989) "Urban Waterfront Developments: A Geographical Problem in Search of a Model," Geoform, 3 (1989)