West Greenland’s cod-to-shrimp transition: local dimensions of climatic change. Arctic 56
ABSTRACT. West Greenland’s transition from a cod-fishing to a shrimp-fishing economy, ca. 1960–90, provides a case study in the human dimensions of climatic change. Physical, biological, and social systems interacted in complex ways to affect coastal communities. For this integrated case study, we e...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.401.5600 2023-05-15T15:06:06+02:00 West Greenland’s cod-to-shrimp transition: local dimensions of climatic change. Arctic 56 Lawrence C. Hamilton Benjamin C. Brown Rasmus Ole Rasmussen The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2003 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.401.5600 http://pubpages.unh.edu/~lch/Greenland_Arctic.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.401.5600 http://pubpages.unh.edu/~lch/Greenland_Arctic.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubpages.unh.edu/~lch/Greenland_Arctic.pdf Key words Greenland fisheries climatic change human dimensions Sisimiut Paamiut Elias Kleist North Atlantic Oscillation Great Salinity Anomaly Unaami text 2003 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T02:50:25Z ABSTRACT. West Greenland’s transition from a cod-fishing to a shrimp-fishing economy, ca. 1960–90, provides a case study in the human dimensions of climatic change. Physical, biological, and social systems interacted in complex ways to affect coastal communities. For this integrated case study, we examine linkages between atmospheric conditions (including the North Atlantic Oscillation), ocean circulation, ecosystem conditions, fishery activities, and the livelihoods and population changes of two West Greenland towns: Sisimiut, south of Disko Bay, and Paamiut, on the southwest coast. Sisimiut prospered as a fishing center through the cod-to-shrimp transition. Paamiut, more specialized in cod fishing, declined. Their stories suggest two general propositions about the human dimensions of climatic change. First, socially important environmental changes result not simply from climatic change, but from interactions between climate, ecosystem, and resource usage. Second, environmental changes affect people differentially and through interactions with social factors. Social networks and cohesion (social capital) are important, in addition to skills (human capital), investments (physical capital), and alternative resources (natural capital): all shape how the benefits and costs are distributed. Text Arctic Disko Bay Greenland North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Paamiut Sisimiut Unknown Arctic Greenland Paamiut ENVELOPE(-49.668,-49.668,61.994,61.994) Sisimiut ENVELOPE(-53.674,-53.674,66.939,66.939) |
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ABSTRACT. West Greenland’s transition from a cod-fishing to a shrimp-fishing economy, ca. 1960–90, provides a case study in the human dimensions of climatic change. Physical, biological, and social systems interacted in complex ways to affect coastal communities. For this integrated case study, we examine linkages between atmospheric conditions (including the North Atlantic Oscillation), ocean circulation, ecosystem conditions, fishery activities, and the livelihoods and population changes of two West Greenland towns: Sisimiut, south of Disko Bay, and Paamiut, on the southwest coast. Sisimiut prospered as a fishing center through the cod-to-shrimp transition. Paamiut, more specialized in cod fishing, declined. Their stories suggest two general propositions about the human dimensions of climatic change. First, socially important environmental changes result not simply from climatic change, but from interactions between climate, ecosystem, and resource usage. Second, environmental changes affect people differentially and through interactions with social factors. Social networks and cohesion (social capital) are important, in addition to skills (human capital), investments (physical capital), and alternative resources (natural capital): all shape how the benefits and costs are distributed. |
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