Social vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change impacts : identifying attributes in two remote coastal communities on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.

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dc.contributor.authorConner, Teresa Ann.
dc.contributor.supervisorWalker, Ian J.
dc.contributor.supervisorDolan, A. Holly.
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-12T19:25:20Z
dc.date.available2008-11-12T19:25:20Z
dc.date.copyright2005en_US
dc.date.issued2008-11-12T19:25:20Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the contribution of including local stakeholders in the early stages of identifying local attributes of vulnerability, adaptive capacity and resiliency to climate change impacts. The research is specific to two remote coastal communities on Haida Gwaii (The Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia. It includes community feedback on research tools, as well as on local attributes of vulnerability and adaptive capacity. I employ multiple methods and a participatory approach for data collection. Using this approach I discovered that some of the attributes I originally believed contributed to vulnerability were perceived by participants as strengthening their community. Other attributes which I believed to be strengthening, were viewed by participants as contributing to vulnerability. This thesis illustrates how the use of multiple methods and a participatory approach contribute to greater knowledge and understanding, by both the researcher and the community, of local attributes of vulnerability and adaptive capacity to projected climate change impacts.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1248
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectClimatic changesen_US
dc.subjectQueen Charlotte Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciencesen_US
dc.titleSocial vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change impacts : identifying attributes in two remote coastal communities on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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