Indigenous community health and climate change: integrating biophysical and social science indicators

摘要: This article describes a pilot study evaluating the sensitivity of Indigenous community health to climate change impacts on Salish Sea shorelines (Washington State, United States and British Columbia, Canada). Current assessments omit key concerns, which are vital successful adaptation plans, particularly for communities. Descriptive scaling techniques, employed in facilitated workshops with two communities, tested efficacy ranking six indicators relation projected shellfish habitat shoreline archaeological sites stemming from changes biophysical environment. Findings demonstrate that: when resources impacted, so is health; not all equally impacted; and, highest concern necessarily same most likely be impacted. Based findings fe...