Climate change and globalization in the arctic : an integrated approach to vulnerability assessment /

Climate change vulnerability assessment is a rapidly developing field. However despite the fact that such major trends as globalization and the changing characteristics of the political and economic governance systems are crucial in shaping a community?s capacity to adapt to climate change these tre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keskitalo, E. C. H. (Eva Carina Helena), 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Colección:Earthscan climate.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Arctic regions.
Globalization > Arctic regions.
Environmental protection > Arctic regions.
Climat > Changements > Arctique.
Mondialisation > Arctique.
Environnement > Protection > Arctique.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatic changes
Ecology
Environmental protection
Globalization
Arctic regions > Environmental conditions.
Arctique > Conditions environnementales.
Arctic Regions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Multiple Levels and Impacts; Chapter 1: Structuring the Conceptions of Change; Chapter 2: A Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment; Chapter 3: Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Forest Industry Stakeholders in Northern Sweden and Finland; Chapter 4: Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Reindeer Herding Stakeholders in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland.
  • Chapter 5: Perceptions of Change, Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity among Fishing Stakeholders in Northernmost NorwayChapter 6: Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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