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Community adaptation and vulnerability in Arctic regions
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ISBN: 940079830X 9048191734 9048191742 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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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 changes and risks affecting their livelihoods. Projections of future climate change indicate a further reduction in sea ice extent and stability, change to the frequency and intensity of weather events and seasonal transition, alteration in the abundance and distribution of fish and terrestrial biodiversity, and lessening permafrost stability. All these factors will affect Arctic resident's livelihoods and wellbeing. Under the auspices of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY), the CAVIAR consortium was formed with partners from all eight Arctic countries as a response to the need for systematic assessment of community vulnerabilities and adaptations across the Arctic. The aim of the interdisciplinary CAVIAR project is to increase understanding of the vulnerability of Arctic communities to changing societal and environmental conditions, including climate change. Presented in this volume are the results and accomplishments drawn from the partnership with local collaborators from fifteen Arctic communities. In each of the case studies researchers have documented the conditions and forces that exacerbate or diminish vulnerabilities in each of the case studies, identified previous and current adaptation strategies, and assess the prospects for the development of effective adaptive strategies and policies in the future.

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Arctic regions -- Research. --- CAVIAR (Research project). --- Climatic changes -- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Climatic changes -- Risk assessment -- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Human ecology -- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Social change -- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Climatic changes --- Social change --- Human ecology --- Research --- Risk assessment --- Arctic regions. --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Environment. --- Climate change. --- Social sciences. --- Anthropology. --- Human geography. --- Climate Change. --- Human Geography. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Polar regions --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Climatic changes. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Global environmental change --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences


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SIKU : knowing our ice : documenting Inuit sea ice knowledge and use
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ISBN: 904818648X 9048185866 9786612927744 1282927744 9048185874 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, safety rules, historic narratives, and explanations of the empirical and spiritual connections that people create with the natural world. In opening the social life of sea ice and the value of indigenous perspectives we make a novel contribution to IPY, to science, and to the public.

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Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions. --- Ethnobiology -- Arctic regions. --- Ethnoscience -- Arctic regions. --- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Arctic regions. --- Human ecology -- Arctic regions. --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008. --- Natural history -- Arctic regions. --- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Arctic regions. --- Research -- Arctic regions. --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Nature --- Human beings --- Ethnoscience --- Inuit --- Sea ice --- Climatic changes --- Research --- International Polar Year, 2007-2008 --- Human ecology --- Ethnobiology --- Sociology & Social History --- Anthropology --- Social Change --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Effect of human beings on --- Effect of environment on --- Ice --- Sea ice. --- Human ecology. --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Indigenous ecological knowledge --- Indigenous environmental knowledge --- T.E.K. (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- TEK (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- Traditional environmental knowledge --- Ice, Polar --- Polar ice --- Social aspects --- Social sciences. --- Geography. --- Climate change. --- Anthropology. --- Linguistic anthropology. --- Human geography. --- Social Sciences. --- Human Geography. --- Climate Change. --- Geography, general. --- Linguistic Anthropology. --- Ice navigation --- Oceanography --- Icebergs --- Experiential learning --- Biopiracy --- Indigenous peoples --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Climatic changes. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- SIKU Project. --- Arctic regions --- Research. --- Environmental conditions. --- Sea Ice Knowledge and Use Project --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Polar regions --- Global environmental change --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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