Research on the human dimensions of climate change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut : a literature review and gap analysis
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2012-09
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Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CA
Abstract
Much of the research conducted in the North has typically engaged with communities as subjects of research rather than as partners to it. Current understanding of adaptation is derived mostly from local studies in small communities that focus on traditional activities. However, larger regional centres are emerging as hubs of economic development and population growth in which an “urban” Inuit identity is emerging. This literature review aims to direct researchers to questions that have not already been asked, and notes the absence of studies that examine how Northerners might benefit from new opportunities that may arise from climate change.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, ARCTIC, CANADA, INUIT, SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, NUNAVUT, NUNAVIK, NUNATSIAVUT, RESEARCH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS
Citation
Ford, J.D., Bolton, K.C., Shirley, J., Pearce, T., Tremblay, M., & Westlake, M. (2012). Research on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis. Arctic, 65(3), 289-304.