Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hovelsrud, Grete K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Smit, Barry (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Human geography.; Climate Change.; Human Geography.; Social Sciences, general.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

Arctic communities are experiencing global, societal and economic pressures coupled with additional environmental changes. The comparison of local and indigenous observations with instrumental records clearly illustrates how Arctic communities, both now and in the past, have adapted to a variety of...