The Dynamic Multiscale Nature of Climate Change Vulnerability: An Inuit Harvesting Example

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1193-1211

  Ford, James D ^a   McDowell, Graham ^a   Shirley, Jamal ^b   Pitre, Mike ^c   Siewierski, Richard ^d   Gough, William ^d   Duerden, Frank ^e   Pearce, Tristan ^f   Adams, Peter ^a   Statham, Sara ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nunavut Research Institute   (Canada)

^c The Lonsdale Group   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; climate change; harvesting; human dimensions; Inuit; Iqaluit; methodology; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GPS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEA ICE; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; IQALUIT; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84883474554     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.776880     Document Type: Article

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