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Using ski industry response to climatic variability to assess climate change risk : an analogue study in Eastern Canada
Rutty, Michelle; Scott, Daniel; Johnson, Peter; Pons, Marc - In: Tourism management : research, policies, practice 58 (2017), pp. 196-204
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People and community as constituent parts of hazards: the significance of societal dimensions in hazards analysis
Haque, C.; Etkin, David - In: Natural Hazards 41 (2007) 2, pp. 271-282
causation of disaster loss in terms of human vulnerability, but also newer questions have arisen regarding distinguishing … between the ‘physical exposure’ of people to threats and societal vulnerability, and linking them with propensity to hazards … loss. Though the vulnerability/resilience paradigm has largely replaced the hazards paradigm within the social sciences and …
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The Vulnerability of Canada to Volcanic Hazards
Stasiuk, Mark; Hickson, Catherine; Mulder, Taimi - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 563-589
Western Canada lies in a zone of active tectonics and volcanism, but thedispersed population has witnessed few eruptions due to the remoteness of the volcanoes and their low level ofactivity. This has created a false perception that Canada's volcanoes are extinct. There are more than 200...
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Analysing the links between agriculture and climate change: can 'best management practices' be responsive to climate extremes?
McMartin, Dena W.; Merino, Bruno H. Hernani - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 50-62
determine rural community vulnerability and adaptability to climate change. The presentation includes research results from …
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Climate change and mining in Canada
Pearce, Tristan; Ford, James; Prno, Jason; Duerden, Frank; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 3, pp. 347-368
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Canadian prairie rural communities: their vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities to drought
Wittrock, Virginia; Kulshreshtha, Suren; Wheaton, Elaine - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 3, pp. 267-290
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A decomposition of economic vulnerability among indigenous and non-indigenous adults in Canada
Watson, Barry; Daley, Angela - In: Review of income and wealth 70 (2024) 3, pp. 785-819
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Sorting and inequality in Canadian schools
Friesen, Jane; Krauth, Brian - In: Journal of public economics 91 (2007) 11/12, pp. 2185-2212
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Business interests and civil society in Canada
Clancy, Peter - In: Group politics and social movements in Canada, (pp. 35-60). 2008
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The working-class movement in Canada : an overview
Camfield, David - In: Group politics and social movements in Canada, (pp. 61-83). 2008
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