Implications of climate change for economic development in Northern Canada: Energy, resource, and transportation sectors

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 272-281

  Prowse, Terry D ^a   Furgal, Chris ^b   Chouinard, Rebecca ^c   Melling, Humfrey ^d   Milburn, David ^e   Smith, Sharon L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Government of Canada   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e 28 Kennebecasis River Road ^*  (Canada)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; GASOLINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLIMATE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ICE COVER; METHODOLOGY; MINING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FUEL OILS; GASOLINE; ICE COVER; MINING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TRANSPORTATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68649104552     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.5.272     Document Type: Article

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