A framework for assessing the vulnerability of communities in the Canadian arctic to risks associated with climate change
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 vulnerabili...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.542.6308 2023-05-15T14:19:50+02:00 A framework for assessing the vulnerability of communities in the Canadian arctic to risks associated with climate change James D. Ford Barry Smit The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.6308 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic57-4-389.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.6308 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic57-4-389.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic57-4-389.pdf Key words vulnerability adaptation adaptive capacity climate change environmental change climatic risks communities Inuit Canadian Arctic text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:08:20Z 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. Text Arctic Arctic Climate change inuit Unknown Arctic |
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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. |
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