Building resilient coastal communities in British Columbia: a case study of climate change and adaptability in Ucluelet, BC.

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dc.contributor.authorListon, Mary K.
dc.contributor.supervisorFlaherty, Mark S.
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-17T22:42:31Z
dc.date.available2011-10-17T22:42:31Z
dc.date.copyright2010en_US
dc.date.issued2011-10-17
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Geographyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a study of change and adaptability in a social-ecological system. In order to contribute to efforts toward sustainability on the British Columbia coast, the study focuses on the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Ucluelet, BC to investigate four specific issues, including: how coastal communities experience and deal with change; how global environmental change affects coastal communities; the key factors that build or threaten social-ecological resilience in coastal communities; and how resilience and adaptive capacity can be built to adapt to change and, in turn, shape change for sustainability. The findings of this thesis have relevance for systems on the British Columbia coast and at large. Above all, the experience in Ucluelet shows that the resilience of these communities is not in their maintenance of stability, but rather in their ability to turn successive experiences of change into opportunities for new cycles of more sustainable development and renewal.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3610
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectclimatic changesen_US
dc.subjectUcluelet, B.C.en_US
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dc.titleBuilding resilient coastal communities in British Columbia: a case study of climate change and adaptability in Ucluelet, BC.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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