Economic strategies, community, and food networks in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Collings, Peter ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Food sharing; Inuit; Social networks; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SIBLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; VULNERABILITY; WAGE;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ULUKHAKTOK; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

EID: 79958089443     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4100     Document Type: Article

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