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Measuring Water-Dependency: A Puget Sound Example

by Robert F. Goodwin, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Coastal Zone '87

Abstract:

Fostering water-dependent industry through allocation of urban shoreline sites is an important coastal management goal. But water-dependency is an elusive term to define operationally. A study of establishments occupying shoreline parcels in Puget Sound's urban harbors over two decades (1962-82) reveals the changing degree to which specific industries have been concentrated on shoreline sites, and, hence, their changing degree of water-dependency. The uneven discrimination among marine-related industries provided by the Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) limits precise measurement of water-dependency.

Subject Headings: Industrial facilities | Shoreline protection | Standards and codes | Urban areas | Urban and regional development | Municipal water | Water management | Washington | United States

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