Foreword to the special issue: Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability in the Arctic

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Ford, James D ^a   Furgal, Chris ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Climate change; Environmental change; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049101985     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00103.x     Document Type: Editorial

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