Adapting to climate change: Social-ecological resilience in a Canadian western arctic community

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Berkes, Fikret ^a   Jolly, Dyanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 54249115584     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00342-050218     Document Type: Article

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