Assessing the impacts of local knowledge and technology on climate change vulnerability in remote communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 733-761

  Bone, Christopher ^a   Alessa, Lilian ^a   Altaweel, Mark ^b   Kliskey, Andrew ^a   Lammers, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Climate change; Technology induced environmental distancing; Traditional ecological knowledge; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79953291950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8030733     Document Type: Article

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