Dawson City Landscape Hazards: Geoscience mapping for climate change adaptation planning
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 reg...
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Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College.
2015
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Online Access: | https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/yukonu%3A62 |
Summary: | 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. Peer reviewed |
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