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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Main Author: Keskitalo, E. C. H. (Eva Carina Helena), 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
Series:Earthscan climate.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 trends are seldom included in assessments. This book addresses this shortcoming by developing a framework for qualitative vulnerability assessment in?multiple impact? studies (of climate change and globalization) and applying this framework to several cases of renewable natural resource use. The book.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-246) and index.
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