Coast’s Bailout: Coastal Resource Use, Quality of Life, and Resilience in Southeastern Puerto Rico

UPRSG final Report- 1 The Coast’s Bailout: Coastal Resource Use, Quality of Life, and Resilience in Southeastern Puerto Rico Table of Contents Page Executive Summary 2 Introduction 10 Background of Research 12 Methodology 17 Research Objectives and Results 25 Physical/Political Geography/Community Descriptions 25 Coastal Resources 35 Quality of Life and Well-Being: Local Perspectives 35 Patterns of Coastal Resource Use 42 Interviews with SE PR Seafood Restaurants 52 Measuring Quality of Life, Well-Being and Relationship with CR use 54 Domains of Life 54 Community Solidarity 61 Material Style of Life 63 CR users and non-CR users Comparisons 64 Community Solidarity Index 64 Satisfaction with Life Scale 64 Job Satisfaction 65 IN PROGRESS: Modeling Quality of Life and Well-Being 66 Summary of Research 67 Acknowledgements 68 References Cited 69 Appendix A. Cultural Mapping drive-thorugh data 75