Assessing community vulnerability: A study of the mountain pine beetle outbreak in British Columbia, Canada |
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Authors: | John R Parkins Norah A MacKendrick |
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Institution: | aSocial Science Research Group, Canadian Forest Service, 5320–122 Street NW, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6H 3S5 |
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Abstract: | Arguing that community-based assessments of vulnerability to climate change are congruent with the scale at which policy action takes place, this paper presents an assessment of vulnerability conducted in forest-based communities surrounded by a catastrophic outbreak of forest disease. Our assessment includes measures of several dimensions of vulnerability, developed using an interdisciplinary and participatory research process. We find that for some communities vulnerability represents a high level of economic risk, while for others risk is exacerbated by institutional limitations. We also find that community perceptions of risk and bio-physical assessments differ widely for communities anticipating future outbreaks of disease. |
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Keywords: | Community vulnerability Adaptation Community capacity Risk perception Mountain pine beetle |
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