The arctic water resource vulnerability index: An integrated assessment tool for community resilience and vulnerability with respect to freshwater

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-541

  Alessa, Lilian ^a,b   Kliskey, Andrew ^a   Lammers, Richard ^c   Arp, Chris ^d   White, Dan ^b   Hinzman, Larry ^e   Busey, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Freshwater; Index; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL RESOURCES; DAILY LIVES; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL SCALING; INDEX; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LOCAL SCALING; MID LATITUDES; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC PROCESSES; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

HEALTH; REUSABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

FRESH WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC WATER VULNERABILITY INDEX; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LATITUDE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749133893     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9152-0     Document Type: Article

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