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dc.contributor.authorHeimtun, Bente
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Jens Kristian Steen
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T10:13:29Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T10:13:29Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-25
dc.description.abstractThis study responds to the dearth of qualitative research on long-term adaptation to winter climate-induced access and safety problems in rural areas in Western welfare societies. Based on qualitative interviews with 19 long-term residents in a thriving fishing village in northern Norway, the paper explores how they have adapted to and coped with roadside avalanches, blizzards, heavy snowfalls, and snowdrifts that have suddenly closed access highways and cut off other lifelines. The study shows that the inhabitants have internalised hazard adaptation and preparedness through safeguarding themselves, family members, their home and community during difficult times. Still, they admitted that local solidarity and coping capacity were changing with the arrival of newcomers who are less accustomed to and experienced with these hazards. Despite high personal and joint adaptation and coping capacities, the study also reveals denial of risk and the prevalence of worry, particularly among women. The inhabitants acknowledged mortality risk while driving on avalanche-exposed winter highways, yet assumed that they would not have a fatal accident.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeimtun, Jacobsen. Withstanding winter vulnerabilities: A way of life in a northern seaside community. Journal of Rural Studies. 2020;79(October):197-204en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1837984
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.038
dc.identifier.issn0743-0167
dc.identifier.issn1873-1392
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20250
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Rural Studies
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/KLIMAFORSK/23574/Norway/ACHILLES: Arctic climate change induced hazards and social transformations for upholding local livelihoods, safety and wellbeing//en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.titleWithstanding winter vulnerabilities: A way of life in a northern seaside communityen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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