Shanthi Nataraj

Vanessa Parks

Rajeev Ramchand

Lynsay Ayer

Noreen Clancy

Andrew M. Parker

Melissa L. Finucane

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas

Tim Slack

Amanda F. Edelman

Elizabeth L. Petrun Sayers

Craig A. Bond

Amy E. Lesen

Regardt J. Ferreira

Leah Drakeford

Jacqueline Fiore

Margaret M. Weden

K. Brent Venable

A. Barrie Black

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was the largest in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The scale of the disaster motivated diverse stakeholders to examine the human dimensions of the spill and how communities' resilience to similar threats could be improved. This examination is needed because, as long as humans depend on extracting oil and gas for energy, coastal regions are at risk for spills. In this report, the authors explore how communities, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and scientists can build community resilience to large oil spills. Researchers found mixed evidence of distress associated with the DWH disaster and a variety of factors that affected the nature and severity of people's experiences.

Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills

K. Brent Venable

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