Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the...
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ftunivpaisvasco:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/62252 2024-01-14T10:04:52+01:00 Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories Baijnath‐rodino, J. A. Albizua, Amaia Sushama, M. Bennet, E. Robinson, B. E. 2021-07-01 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10810/62252 https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131816 eng eng Water (Switzerland) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13131816 Water (Switzerland): 13 (13): 1816 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10810/62252 doi:10.3390/w13131816 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/ © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 España Adaptive capacity Exposure Lake‐induced precipitation Livelihood vulnerability Sensitivity Snowstorms info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftunivpaisvasco https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131816 2023-12-20T00:23:35Z As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the combination of the many biophysical and socio-economic factors for resiliency and adaptation assessments across many disciplines on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study ap-plies a framework to quantitatively determine the multiple impacts of snowstorms by calculating the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) for four exposed freshwater lake communities in Canada s Northwest Territories using three contributing factors (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capac-ity). Results indicate that Déline is the most vulnerable community (0.67), because it has the highest exposure and one of the highest sensitivity ranks, while its ability to adapt to exposure stressors is the lowest among the communities. In contrast, Fort Resolution exhibits the lowest LVI (0.26) and has one of the highest adaptive capacities. This study emphasizes that while these freshwater communities may be exposed to snowstorms, they have different levels of sensitivity and adaptive capacities in place that influences their vulnerability to changes in hazardous snowfall conditions. The information gained from this study can help guide future adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency practices for Arctic sustainability efforts. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This research was funded by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI), grant number 246889” from Montreal, Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Fort Resolution Northwest Territories ADDI: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV) Arctic Northwest Territories Canada Fort Resolution ENVELOPE(-113.691,-113.691,61.049,61.049) Water 13 13 1816 |
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As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the combination of the many biophysical and socio-economic factors for resiliency and adaptation assessments across many disciplines on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study ap-plies a framework to quantitatively determine the multiple impacts of snowstorms by calculating the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) for four exposed freshwater lake communities in Canada s Northwest Territories using three contributing factors (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capac-ity). Results indicate that Déline is the most vulnerable community (0.67), because it has the highest exposure and one of the highest sensitivity ranks, while its ability to adapt to exposure stressors is the lowest among the communities. In contrast, Fort Resolution exhibits the lowest LVI (0.26) and has one of the highest adaptive capacities. This study emphasizes that while these freshwater communities may be exposed to snowstorms, they have different levels of sensitivity and adaptive capacities in place that influences their vulnerability to changes in hazardous snowfall conditions. The information gained from this study can help guide future adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency practices for Arctic sustainability efforts. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This research was funded by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI), grant number 246889” from Montreal, Canada. |
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Baijnath‐rodino, J. A. Albizua, Amaia Sushama, M. Bennet, E. Robinson, B. E. |
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Baijnath‐rodino, J. A. Albizua, Amaia Sushama, M. Bennet, E. Robinson, B. E. |
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Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories |
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