Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the Canadian Arctic to Risks Associated with Climate Change

dc.contributor.authorFord, J. D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmit, B.en_US
dc.coverage.countryCanadaen_US
dc.coverage.regionNorth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:57:08Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:57:08Z
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-24en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-02-24en_US
dc.description.abstract"Adaptation to climate change is recognized as an important policy issue by international bodies such as the United Nations and by various national governments. Initiatives to identify adaptation needs and to improve adaptive capacity increasingly start with an assessment of the vulnerability of the system of interest, in terms of who and what are vulnerable, to what stresses, in what way, and what capacity exists to adapt to changing risks. Notwithstanding the scholarship on climate change itself, there are few studies on the nature of Arctic communities vulnerability to climate-change risks. We review existing literature on implications of climate change for Arctic communities, develop a conceptual model of vulnerability, and present an analytical approach to assessing climate hazards and coping strategies in Arctic communities. Vulnerability is conceptualized as a function of exposure to climatic stresses and the adaptive capacity to cope with these stresses. The analytical framework employs place-specific case studies involving community residents and integrates information from multiple sources, both to document current exposures and adaptations and to characterize future exposures and adaptive capacity."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalArcticen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthDecemberen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber4en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume57en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3095
dc.subjectvulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectadaptationen_US
dc.subjectadaptive systemsen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental changeen_US
dc.subjectindigenous institutionsen_US
dc.subjectInuit (North American people)en_US
dc.subjectarctic regionsen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.titleFramework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the Canadian Arctic to Risks Associated with Climate Changeen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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