by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2012
The team that produces MEAM and MPA News is creating a new website to help ocean planners and managers share knowledge more easily and in more ways, beyond just newsletters. It is scheduled to launch in a preliminary "beta" version in the coming weeks. We...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2012
Games are often considered as simply a form of entertainment. However, they can play important roles in other activities as well. By applying an aspect of fun to education, for example, games can communicate messages in ways that pure instruction sometimes cannot. And...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2012
In the early 1990s, the videogame company Maxis had a major hit with its SimCity franchise: players designed cities from scratch and experienced an array of intended and unintended consequences in the process. Wanting to apply the successful model to other games,...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2012
Streamlined permitting presents a trade-off for agencies Dear MEAM, Thanks for another interesting and useful issue. I am struck by what I think is an important connection between your April/May issue's discussion of trade-off negotiations, and Charles Ehler's...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2012
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor (tundiagardy@earthlink.net) The long-running BBC radio program Desert Island Discs asks public figures what things – including musical choices, a book, and a luxury item – they would take with them to a deserted...
