Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in resource dependent communities: A case study from West Greenland

Climate Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-196

  Ford, James D ^a   Goldhar, Christina ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Disko bay; Fishing; Greenland; Hunting; Indigenous; Inuit; Qeqertarsuaq; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS; INUIT; QEQERTARSUAQ; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERIES; FISHING (OIL WELLS); SEA ICE;

HARVESTING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHING; HARVESTING; HUNTING; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE USE; SEA ICE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84867517091     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01118     Document Type: Article

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