Adapting to Climate Change in Unalakleet, Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Aronson
Description
Marine and Environmental Affairs Thesis (M.M.A.)--University of Washington, 2013.
Gives an overview of climate change in Alaska and discusses its impact on rural villages, climate risks in eight communities, communities requiring complete relocation, and governments' responses.
Uses empirical data from 2000-2009 to discuss the benefits of research for northern Canadian communities.
Focus on hunting livelihoods, key drivers of vulnerability, and identification of key policy points.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.