The power and peril of "vulnerability": Approaching community labels with caution in climate change research

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-327

  Haalboom, Bethany ^a,b   Natcher, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Indigenous peoples; Labels; Policy; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84873886548     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4219     Document Type: Article

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