Adaptation in Arctic circumpolar communities: food and water security in a changing climate. Issue 1 (31st January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Berner, James; Brubaker, Michael; Revitch, Boris; Kreummel, Eva; Tcheripanoff, Moses; Bell, Jake
• Is Part Of: International journal of circumpolar health. Volume 75:Issue 1(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-01-31
• Subjects: adaptation -- food security -- water security -- vulnerable populations -- local environmental observer -- Rural Alaska Monitoring Program -- traditional ecological knowledge; Arctic medicine -- Periodicals; Circumpolar medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine arctique -- Périodiques; Médecine polaire -- Périodiques; Arctic medicine; Circumpolar medicine; Gezondheid; Noordpoolgebied; Cold Climate; Medicine; Antarctic Regions; Arctic Regions; Periodicals; 616.9881
• DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v75.33820
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1239-9736

Abstract

Abstract : The AMAP Human Health Assessment Group has developed different adaptation strategies through a long-term collaboration with all Arctic countries. Different adaptation strategies are discussed, with examples mainly from native population groups in Alaska.