Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories

As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the...

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Autores: Baijnath‐rodino, J. A., Albizua Aguinaco, Amaia, Sushama, M., Bennett, E., Robinson, B. E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Lake‐induced precipitation
Livelihood vulnerability
Sensitivity
Snowstorms
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spelling Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territoriesBaijnath‐rodino, J. A.Albizua Aguinaco, AmaiaSushama, M.Bennett, E.Robinson, B. E.Adaptive capacityExposureLake‐induced precipitationLivelihood vulnerabilitySensitivitySnowstormsAs the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the combination of the many biophysical and socio-economic factors for resiliency and adaptation assessments across many disciplines on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study ap-plies a framework to quantitatively determine the multiple impacts of snowstorms by calculating the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) for four exposed freshwater lake communities in Canada s Northwest Territories using three contributing factors (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capac-ity). Results indicate that Déline is the most vulnerable community (0.67), because it has the highest exposure and one of the highest sensitivity ranks, while its ability to adapt to exposure stressors is the lowest among the communities. In contrast, Fort Resolution exhibits the lowest LVI (0.26) and has one of the highest adaptive capacities. This study emphasizes that while these freshwater communities may be exposed to snowstorms, they have different levels of sensitivity and adaptive capacities in place that influences their vulnerability to changes in hazardous snowfall conditions. The information gained from this study can help guide future adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency practices for Arctic sustainability efforts. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This research was funded by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI), grant number 246889” from Montreal, Canada.Water (Switzerland)202320232021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/62252reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13131816info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/622522026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
title Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
spellingShingle Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
Baijnath‐rodino, J. A.
Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Lake‐induced precipitation
Livelihood vulnerability
Sensitivity
Snowstorms
title_short Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
title_full Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
title_fullStr Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
title_full_unstemmed Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
title_sort Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baijnath‐rodino, J. A.
Albizua Aguinaco, Amaia
Sushama, M.
Bennett, E.
Robinson, B. E.
author Baijnath‐rodino, J. A.
author_facet Baijnath‐rodino, J. A.
Albizua Aguinaco, Amaia
Sushama, M.
Bennett, E.
Robinson, B. E.
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Sushama, M.
Bennett, E.
Robinson, B. E.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Lake‐induced precipitation
Livelihood vulnerability
Sensitivity
Snowstorms
topic Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Lake‐induced precipitation
Livelihood vulnerability
Sensitivity
Snowstorms
description As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health effects. However, it is challenging to quantify the impacts associated with the combination of the many biophysical and socio-economic factors for resiliency and adaptation assessments across many disciplines on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This study ap-plies a framework to quantitatively determine the multiple impacts of snowstorms by calculating the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) for four exposed freshwater lake communities in Canada s Northwest Territories using three contributing factors (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capac-ity). Results indicate that Déline is the most vulnerable community (0.67), because it has the highest exposure and one of the highest sensitivity ranks, while its ability to adapt to exposure stressors is the lowest among the communities. In contrast, Fort Resolution exhibits the lowest LVI (0.26) and has one of the highest adaptive capacities. This study emphasizes that while these freshwater communities may be exposed to snowstorms, they have different levels of sensitivity and adaptive capacities in place that influences their vulnerability to changes in hazardous snowfall conditions. The information gained from this study can help guide future adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency practices for Arctic sustainability efforts. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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