The Sensitivity and Vulnerability of the Pacific Northwest (USA) to Climate Variability and Change: A Human Dimensions Perspective
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Miles, Edward L.
Hamlet, Alan
Snover, Amy
Callahan, Bridget
Fluharty, David
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Paper prepared for the IHDP/GECHS Workshop on water and Human Security in Southeast Asia and Oceania, Canberra, Australia, Australian National University, 16-18 November, 1998.
Following the paper on patterns of climate variability in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
(USA) by Nathan Mantua; and the paper analyzing the impacts of climate variability on patterns of
reservoir operations by Alan Hamlet, this paper completes the triptych on the integrated assessment
of the impacts of climate variability and change in the region. The paper answers three questions
from a human dimensions perspective:
I. How sensitive is the PNW to climate variability?
2. How adaptable is the PNW to climate variability and change?
3. How vulnerable is the PNW to climate variability and change?