Author: Archer, L. et al.
Year of publication: 2017
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Vulnerability assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Local/community
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Multiple actors
Details: Local decision makers and land users
Output: Report
Details: Report includes illustrative graphs indicating changes in sea ice
Region of origin: North America, Australia
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North America
Potential geographic coverage: Arctic region
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Biodiversity
Details: Subsistence harvesting of renewable resources
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Conducting semi-structured interviews with a representative sample of community members, this was then compared with the interview data from the past round of interviews through descriptive analysis according to a coding scheme identifying exposure sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Then this was contextualized with data showing the evolution of sea ice cover.
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Details: AR4
Risk components incorporated: Vulnerability, sensitivity, exposure, adaptive capacity
Details: According to AR4
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Sea ice retreat
Source of required data: Primary and secondary
Details: Interviews, data on hazard (sea ice retreat)
Temporal scale: Backward looking
Participatory elements: Yes
Details: Interviews
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Yes
Adressing uncertainty: No
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Details: Impacts on vulnerability
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Both
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Partly
Details: Only considers changes in sea ice (SOE)
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Applied by whom: Archer, L. et al.
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