气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Using the Arctic water resources vulnerability index in assessing and responding to environmental change in Alaskan communities

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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2018.09.001
	Using the Arctic water resources vulnerability index in assessing and responding to environmental change in Alaskan communities
	Williams P.; Kliskey A.; McCarthy M.; Lammers R.; Alessa L.; Abatzoglou J.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	1699
结束页码	1715
卷号	23
英文摘要	Adaptation to environmental change has become a necessity and a norm for many Arctic communities. We examine whether the adaptive capacity varies in different communities in Alaska with contrasting ecologies and socio-economic systems using the Arctic Water Resources Vulnerability Index (AWRVI). We applied the index to six communities in three distinct regions of Alaska with respect to water resources: Nuiqsut in Northern Alaska, Cooper Landing, Sterling, Soldotna and Kenai in the Kenai River watershed of Southcentral Alaska and Juneau in Southeast Alaska. We modified the AWRVI tool to accommodate the breadth of physical and social conditions in these communities. Using the AWRVI, we measured the adaptive capacity of the communities, which reflect greater vulnerability in Nuiqsut in Northern Alaska due to limitations in water supply and greater surrounding development that could pollute water in their food-shed. The overall adaptive capacities of the two communities that are more mountainous, Cooper Landing and Juneau are similar, as are Sterling, Soldotna and Kenai's, which are in flatter terrain along the Kenai River. However, the physical and social sub-indices of the communities in the Kenai River watershed and Juneau differ. We discuss actions each community could take to improve their respective capacity to respond to anticipated change. © 2018 The Authors
英文关键词	Adaptive capacity; Resilience; Vulnerability; Water resource index
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183234
作者单位	Center for Resilient Communities, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2461, Moscow, ID 83844-2461, United States; University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508, United States; University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3525, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Williams P.,Kliskey A.,McCarthy M.,et al. Using the Arctic water resources vulnerability index in assessing and responding to environmental change in Alaskan communities[J],2019,23.
APA	Williams P.,Kliskey A.,McCarthy M.,Lammers R.,Alessa L.,&Abatzoglou J..(2019).Using the Arctic water resources vulnerability index in assessing and responding to environmental change in Alaskan communities.Climate Risk Management,23.
MLA	Williams P.,et al."Using the Arctic water resources vulnerability index in assessing and responding to environmental change in Alaskan communities".Climate Risk Management 23(2019).