ID | 129200 |
Title Proper | Exclusion by assimilation |
Other Title Information | native social engineering in Alaska |
Language | ENG |
Author | Hock, Jennifer W |
Publication | 2014. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Kivalina is an Inupiat village of 350 people that sits on two square miles of doomed Alaskan coastline. the state of Alaska and the US government consider Kivalina imminently threatened by climate driven erosion and flooding, and the village must relocate very soon so service. every year, Kivalina is battered by hurricane strength storm system twice the size of Texas that threaten to wash the tiny village away. |
`In' analytical Note | Harvard International Review Vol.35, No.3; Winter 2014: p.53-57 |
Journal Source | Harvard International Review Vol.35, No.3; Winter 2014: p.53-57 |
Key Words | Alaska ; United States - US ; Disaster Management ; Social Engineering ; Kivalina Imminently ; Alaskan Coastline ; Ethnic Groups ; Climate Driven ; Erosion ; Flooding ; Hurricane Strength ; Storm System ; Texas |