Climate change adaptation planning in remote, resource-dependent communities: An Arctic example

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-837

  Pearce, Tristan ^b   Ford, James D ^a   Caron, Amanda ^a   Kudlak, Bill Patrick ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Community of Paulatuk ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptation planning; Arctic; Climate change; Climate policy; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Participatory research; Remote communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869189850     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0297-2     Document Type: Review

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