Human Adaption to Large-Scale Ecological Decline: A Comparative Study of North Atlantic Fishing Communities

北大西洋地区鱼类资源的大幅减少对北部社区产生了广泛的影响。这项为期三年的比较环境社会学和人类学研究考察了社区如何应对这些环境变化。研究设计包括对纽芬兰、格陵兰、冰岛和挪威渔业社区的统计数据进行收集和多变量分析，同时对冰岛、纽芬兰和挪威北部单一社区进行更详细的定性案例研究。其目的是检查人们是如何受到影响的，以及家庭、社区、政府和其他机构正在做些什么来适应这些变化。特别感兴趣的是对可持续性的关注，以及这些问题如何因代际、性别、家庭、社区、文化、人力和社会资本水平以及政治背景而变化。最后，将研究增加或减少资源基础的各种适应性反应。该项目是对环境政策、经济变化、社会变化和全球变化研究的重要贡献。

Abstract OPP-9515380 Hamilton Major declines in fish stocks in the North Atlantic region are having extensive impacts on northern communities. This three-year comparative environmental sociological and anthropological study examines how communities are responding to these environmental changes. The research design involves the collection and multivariate analysis of statistical data on fishing communities in Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Norway accompanied by more detailed qualitative case studies on single communities in Iceland, Newfoundland and northern Norway. The objectives are to examine exactly how people are being impacted, and what households, communities, governments and other institutions are doing to adapt to these changes. of particular interest are concerns about sustainability, and how these vary by generation, gender, family, community, culture, levels of human and social capital, and political context. Finally, various adaptive responses that increase or reduce the resource base will be examined. The project is an important contribution to research on environmental policy, economic change, social change and global change.