Impact of fuel costs on high-latitude subsistence activities

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Brinkman, Todd ^a   Maracle, Karonhiakta’tie B ^b   Kelly, James ^b   Vandyke, Michelle ^b   Firmin, Andrew ^b   Springsteen, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alaska; Gasoline; Interviews; Social resilience; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; COST; FUEL; LIFESTYLE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SUBSISTENCE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924356435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06861-190418     Document Type: Article

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