Cross-scale adaptation challenges in the coastal fisheries: Findings from Lebesby, Northern Norway

Arctic

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-354

  West, Jennifer J ^a   Hovelsrud, Grete K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation arenas; Adaptive capacity; Barents sea; Climate change; Coastal communities; Coastal fisheries; Local perceptions; Northern Norway; Scale; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL FISHERY; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY POLICY; FISHERY REGULATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

FINNMARK; LEBESBY; NORWAY;

EID: 77956795518     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1497     Document Type: Article

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