Social Coast
Using Social Science Data and Tools
What Are the Social Sciences and Social Science Data?
The social sciences encompass a broad range of disciplines that aim to describe, explain, and predict human behavior and institutional structures as they interact with their environments.
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How Can Social Science Data Help Me?
Social science data offers users the opportunity to better understand people, their institutions, and their decision-making processes. The social science disciplines provide insight into why people make the choices they do, given the information they have available.
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Where Do I Get Started?
Get the data, tools, methods, and additional support for applying social science to coastal management issues.
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The Social Coast – data and tools to address the people side of complex coastal issues.
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Highlighted Resources
Social Coast Webinar
This webinar will provide a guided tour of the new resource and provide real-world success stories on using demographic and economic data in coastal management.
ENOW National Report
Report and accompanying infographics examine and visually illustrate the economic contributions of the oceans and Great Lakes, using Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) data.
