It takes two Part Odd Couple, part Dynamic Duo, ECU social scientists make the most of complementary talents.
Wealthy retirees move in, placing new demands on local health care systems.
Sport fishermen compete for a dwindling ocean catch with families who have made their living on the water for generations. Hotels scour the countryside in search of desk clerks, maids and waiters to serve the bustling tourist business. In the Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, two social scientists noted for their contributions to fisheries management have turned their minds to the problems and pressures of coastal development. Griffith and his long-time collaborator, Dr. Jeffrey C. Johnson, have begun a research initiative to examine problems arising from the growth of ports and harbors, hotel tourism, ecotourism and seasonal retirement communities. Already in the Albemarle Sound area, ecotourism has run headlong into established fishing and hunting clubs opposed to sharing the waterways.