Old Crow landscape hazards: Geoscience mapping for climate change adaptation planning

• Other Authors: Benkert, Bronwyn (Author), Kennedy, Kristen (Author), Fortier, Daniel (Author), Lewkowicz, Antoni G. (Author), Roy, Louis-Philippe (Author), de Grandpré, Isabelle (Author), Grandmont, Katerine (Author), Drukis, Shaylin (Author), Colpron, Maurice (Author), Light, Erin (Author), Williams, Tyler (Author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Community development; Permafrost; Floods; Climate changes; Huntington; Weller; Yukon; Old Crow; permafrost
• Online Access: https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/yukonu%3A35

Climate change is a significant challenge for northern communities, where the impacts of a warming climate are already having considerable effects (Huntington and Weller, 2005). Many people living in small, isolated communities in northern Yukon are concerned about climate-related risks in their regions. Because adverse impacts are a reality, it is important to implement measures to reduce or moderate the negative effects of climate change – in other words, to implement climate change adaptation strategies. Final article published