Climate change vulnerability and food security in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 263-283

  Goldhar, Christina ^a   Ford, James D ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Greenland; Inuit food systems; Inuit Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889964372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9174-1_11     Document Type: Chapter

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