Community vulnerability to climate change in the context of other exposure-sensitivities in Kugluktuk, Nunavut

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Laura Tozer, Barry Smit, Tristan Pearce, Ben Bradshaw, Johanna Wandel, Jason Prno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Climate change; Arctic; community vulnerability; adaptation; Inuit; envir; geo; Canada; Kugluktuk; Nunavut; Ice; inuit; permafrost; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7363; https://doaj.org/article/7491d2225b3145c899721297414a7052

Climate change in the Canadian north is, and will be, managed by communities that are already experiencing social, political, economic and other environmental changes. Hence, there is a need to understand vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple exposure-sensitivities at the commun...