Human Ecology And Climatic Change: People And Resources In The Far North

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ISBN: 9781560324041 | 156032404X
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Copyright: 8/1/1995

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This text focuses on how global change may alter the face of northern North America during the 21st century. With a multidisciplinary approach covering meteorology, climate modelling, wildlife biology, human ecology and resource management, it takes an objective look into the future of this region.

Preface
Foreword
Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
Climate and Human Populations - A Dynamic Balance	p. 1
Human ecology and climate change at northern latitudes	p. 3
Potential climate change in northern North America	p. 15
Demography and socioeconomics of northern North America: Current status and impacts of climate change	p. 31
Predicting Environmental Change	p. 55
Modeling potential impacts of climate change on northern landscapes	p. 57
Climate and ecological relationships in northern latitude ecosystems	p. 75
Responses of Arctic ungulates to climate change	p. 89
Effects of climate change on marine mammals in the Far North	p. 105
Response of anadromous fish to climate change in the North Pacific	p. 123
Human Populations and Natural Resources: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives	p. 137
Increments, ranges, and thresholds: Human population responses to climate change in northern Alaska	p. 139
Resource use in rural Alaskan communities	p. 155
Warming the Arctic: Environmentalism and Canadian Inuit	p. 169
Natural Resources and Human Institutions in a Dynamic Environment	p. 185
Global warming and conflict management: Resident native peoples and protected areas	p. 187
Comanagement of natural resources: Some aspects of the Canadian experience	p. 197
Common property resource management and northern protected areas	p. 207
Inuit indigenous knowledge and science in the Arctic	p. 219
Understanding northern environments and human populations through cooperative research: A case study in Beringia	p. 229
Biology, politics, and culture in the management of subsistence hunting and fishing: An Alaskan case history	p. 245
Biosphere reserves: A flexible framework for regional cooperation in an era of change	p. 261
Essays: Conflict in Social Values	p. 279
Global warming, protected areas, and the right to live off the land	p. 281
Preserving environmental values in parks and protected areas	p. 289
Searching for Solutions	p. 299
An interdisciplinary assessment of climate change on northern ecosystems: The Mackenzie Basin Impact Study	p. 301
An action plan for an uncertain future in the Far North	p. 317
Index	p. 323
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