2004: Adaptation and sustainability in a small Arctic community: results of an agent-based simulation model

• Main Authors: Matthew Berman, Craig Nicolson, Gary Kofinas, Joe Tetlichi, Stephanie Martin
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; community sustainability; integrated assessment; local knowledge; mixed economy; tourism; Arctic; Fuller; Yukon; Climate change; Old Crow
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.9364; http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/1041_berman_nicolson_2004.pdf

ABSTRACT. Climate warming and resource development could alter key Arctic ecosystem functions that support fish and wildlife resources harvested by local indigenous communities. A different set of global forces—government policies and tourism markets—increasingly directs local cash economies that co...