Comparing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities responding to environmental change
Adaptive capacity (AC) is a widely used concept denoting assets or resources that people or a system can draw upon to cope with environmental change. When applied to a community, careful definition and measurement of AC is essential for identifying patterns and generating findings that may be useful...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:29762648535c4213a4c69add7ac389e7 2023-05-15T14:56:09+02:00 Comparing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities responding to environmental change Matthew D. Berman Jennifer I. Schmidt Gary P. Kofinas 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12304-260322 https://doaj.org/article/29762648535c4213a4c69add7ac389e7 EN eng Resilience Alliance https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss3/art22/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-12304-260322 https://doaj.org/article/29762648535c4213a4c69add7ac389e7 Ecology and Society, Vol 26, Iss 3, p 22 (2021) adaptive capacity arctic communities climate change iñ upiat local institutions oil development resilience Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12304-260322 2022-12-31T09:03:51Z Adaptive capacity (AC) is a widely used concept denoting assets or resources that people or a system can draw upon to cope with environmental change. When applied to a community, careful definition and measurement of AC is essential for identifying patterns and generating findings that may be useful for policy and transferable to other places. We identified and compared measures of 22 indicators for eight communities on Alaska's North Slope, based on consistency with theory, availability of data, and measurable community differences. Despite many cultural and institutional similarities, we found systematic differences among communities in each of the seven AC domains measured. Although every community had strengths in some domains, we could divide communities into three groups: high overall AC (one community), moderate overall AC (four communities), and low overall AC (three communities), based on average rank order across all domains. The comparative approach we developed can be helpful in identifying productive policy opportunities for strengthening community AC. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ecology and Society 26 3 |
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Adaptive capacity (AC) is a widely used concept denoting assets or resources that people or a system can draw upon to cope with environmental change. When applied to a community, careful definition and measurement of AC is essential for identifying patterns and generating findings that may be useful for policy and transferable to other places. We identified and compared measures of 22 indicators for eight communities on Alaska's North Slope, based on consistency with theory, availability of data, and measurable community differences. Despite many cultural and institutional similarities, we found systematic differences among communities in each of the seven AC domains measured. Although every community had strengths in some domains, we could divide communities into three groups: high overall AC (one community), moderate overall AC (four communities), and low overall AC (three communities), based on average rank order across all domains. The comparative approach we developed can be helpful in identifying productive policy opportunities for strengthening community AC. |
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Comparing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities responding to environmental change |
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Comparing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities responding to environmental change |
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