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Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuckowim Delta, Alaska

Type
Literature
Publication
Herman-Mercer, Nicole M, et al. “Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska .” Arctic Journal of the Arctic Insitute of North America, vol. 72, 10 Sept. 2019, https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/68867.
Year Published
2019
Organization
USGS, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
Description

"Arctic Indigenous communities have been classified as highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The remoteness of Arctic communities, their dependence upon local species and habitats, and the historical marginalization of Indigenous peoples enhances this characterization of vulnerability. However, vulnerability is a result of diverse historical, social, economic, political, cultural, institutional, natural resource, and environmental conditions and processes and is not easily reduced to a single metric."

Geography