West Greenland's Cod-to-Shrimp Transition: Local Dimensions of Climatic Change
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,...
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ftuninhampshire:oai:scholars.unh.edu:soc_facpub-1170 2023-05-15T16:01:04+02:00 West Greenland's Cod-to-Shrimp Transition: Local Dimensions of Climatic Change Hamilton, Lawrence C. Brown, Benjamin C Rasmussen, Rasmos Ole 2003-09-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/171 https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1170&context=soc_facpub unknown University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/171 https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1170&context=soc_facpub Sociology Scholarship Climatic change Elias Kleist Fisheries Great Salinity Anomaly Greenland Human dimensions North Atlantic Oscillation Paamiut Sisimiut Unaami Sociology text 2003 ftuninhampshire 2023-01-30T21:30:13Z 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 Disko Bay Greenland North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Paamiut Sisimiut University of New Hampshire: Scholars Repository 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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