Climate change in arid lands and Native American socioeconomic vulnerability: The case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Climatic Change

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 585-599

  Gautam, Mahesh R ^a   Chief, Karletta ^b   Smith Jr , William J ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY; TECHNICAL CAPACITY;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; LAKES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISH; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPAWNING; VULNERABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NEVADA; PYRAMID LAKE [NEVADA]; UNITED STATES;

CHASMISTES CUJUS;

EID: 84884166082     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0737-0     Document Type: Article

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