Measuring Community Adaptive and Transformative Capacity in the Arctic Context

Springer Polar Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 59-75

  Berman, Matthew ^a   Kofinas, Gary ^b   BurnSilver, Shauna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Fuel price; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85159477926     PISSN: 25100475     EISSN: 25100483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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