David G. Terkla is a Professor in the Economics Department and the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences. In addition to his many writings on the New England fishing industry, he has written a book and several articles on the importance of nontraditional cost factors to local economic development. He has also written on the importance of industry clusters and the location decisions of new Japanese plants in the United States. Professor Terkla has been involved in several projects related to environmental management and local and regional economic development issues, including valuation of uses of resources in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bay, analysis of protection policies for water dependent uses on urban waterfronts, analysis of potential conflicts between tourism and fishing industries in Gloucester, MA, analysis of transportation planning and development in Massachusetts, and studies of the manufacturing industry in Boston and the environmental and marine science and technology industries in Massachusetts. Professor Terkla currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. He was awarded the Presidents’s Public Service Award in 2009 by the University of Massachusetts.
Articles
Film and Television Production in Massachusetts: The Beginning of Hollywood East? (with Pacey C. Foster), MassBenchmarks (2011)
After declining in the 1990s (laubacher, 2006), the Massachusetts film and television industry reached a...
Clean Energy in Massachusetts: Already Strong, this Emerging Sector is Poised for Greater Growth (with David Levy), MassBenchmarks (2007)
This article reviews Massachusetts’ clean energy sector in the context of the industry nationally and...
Sailing into a Strong Future: The Massachusetts Marine Science and Technology Industry (with Clyde Barrow and Rebecca Loveland), MassBenchmarks (2005)
With its focus on high-technology, value-added markets, the Bay State’s marine science and technology cluster...
Growing Disparities among Greater Boston Communities during the 1990s, MassBenchmarks (2003)
During the 1990s, rich communities in the Greater Boston area got richer, and the richest...
The Greater Boston Region: Industry Mix Affects Growth, MassBenchmarks (2001)
Overall prosperity in the Greater Boston region masks the extreme diversity among its cities and...
Books
Start-Up Factories: High Performance Management, Job Quality and Regional Advantage (with Peter Doeringer and Christine Evans-Klock), Books (2002)
Occasional, Working, and Unpublished Papers
Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Cluster (with David Levy), Economics Faculty Publication Series (2006)
The renewable energy industry in Massachusetts is identified through a “top-down” and “bottom-up” processes to...
The Boston MPO Planning Process and Low-Income Suburban-to-Suburban Transportation Needs (with Phillip Granberry and Michael Landon), Economics Faculty Publication Series (2006)
The rapid evolution in the Boston MPO transportation planning process is discussed as well as...
Reports
2010 Massachusetts Recreational Boater Survey: Final Report Submitted to the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership (with Dan Hellin, Jack Wiggin, Kristin Uiterwyk, Kim Starbuck, Nicholas Napoli, Chris Watson, Anthony Roman, Leona Roach, and Tim Welch), Urban Harbors Institute Publications (2011)
The Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (Plan) completed in 2009 recognized recreational boating as an activity...
Film and Television Production in Massachusetts: Industry Overview and Analysis (with Pacey C. Foster and Robert Laubacher), College of Management Working Papers and Reports (2010)
This report describes the structure and recent growth of the film and television industry in...
Planning Framework Options for The Massachusetts Ocean Plan (DRAFT) (with Jack Wiggin, Kristin Uiterwyk, Steve Bliven, Dan Hellin, John Duff, Robert E. Bowen, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Jennie Harrington, Jill H. Swasey, Suzanne Iudicello, Robert O’Boyle, Porter Hoagland, Hauke L. Kite-Powell, Di Jin, Fara Courtney, Rich Delaney, Pat Hughes, Tracey Morin Dalton, Suzanne Goulet Orenstein, Charles N. Ehler, Fannie Douvere, Les Kaufman, Charles T. McCaffrey Jr., Nicholas Napoli, Stephanie Moura, and Kim Starbuck), Urban Harbors Institute Publications (2009)
The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership (MOP) Planning Frameworks Team, in consultation with the Massachusetts Executive Office...
Older Workers: An Essential Resource for Massachusetts (with Peter B. Doeringer; Andrew Sum; and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Blue Ribbon Commission on Older Workers), Gerontology Institute Publications (2000)
The Massachusetts Jobs Council, the Governor’s principal advisory board on workforce development, established the Blue...