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2773
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Barry Smit is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their academic work involves collaboration with a number of researchers, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation.

  • Ann Dale
  • Jenny Onyx
  • Ray Côté
  • James Tansey
  • Ellen Wall

The scientist was recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016, specifically within the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability

    Barry Smit;Johanna Wandel

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development and equity

    B Smit;O Pilifosova;I Burton;B Challenger

  • Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity

    WN Adger;S Agrawal;Mmw Mirza;C Conde

  • An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability

    Barry Smit;Ian Burton;Richard J.T. Klein;J. Wandel

  • ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A TYPOLOGY

    Barry Smit;Mark W. Skinner

  • Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change

    R. McLeman;B. Smit

  • THE SCIENCE OF ADAPTATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT

    Barry Smit;Ian Burton;Richard J.T. Klein;R. Street

  • A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the Canadian Arctic to Risks Associated with Climate Change

    James D. Ford;Barry Smit

  • Human adaptation to climatic variability and change

    John Smithers;Barry Smit

  • Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic Bay, Canada

    James D. Ford;Barry Smit;Johanna Wandel

  • From Adaptation to Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability Reduction

    Barry Smit;Olga Pilifosova

  • FARM-LEVEL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE: CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES

    Ben Bradshaw;Holly Dolan;Barry Smit

  • Adaptation in Canadian Agriculture to Climatic Variability and Change

    Christopher R. Bryant;Barry Smit;Michael Brklacich;Thomas R. Johnston

  • Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

    Liette Connolly-Boutin;Barry Smit

  • Case study and analogue methodologies in climate change vulnerability research.

    James D. Ford;E. C. H. Keskitalo;Tanya Smith;Tristan Pearce

  • AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATIC VARIATION

    B. Smit;D. McNabb;J. Smithers

  • Multiple exposures and dynamic vulnerability: Evidence from the grape industry in the Okanagan Valley, Canada

    Suzanne Belliveau;Barry Smit;Ben Bradshaw

  • Climate change policy responses for Canada's Inuit population: The importance of and opportunities for adaptation

    James D. Ford;Tristan Pearce;Frank Duerden;Chris Furgal

  • Sustainability in agriculture: a general review

    Cai Yunlong;Barry Smit

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Ford
James D. Ford University of Leeds
Chris Cocklin
Chris Cocklin James Cook University
Richard J.T. Klein
Richard J.T. Klein Stockholm Environment Institute
Lea Berrang-Ford
Lea Berrang-Ford University of Leeds
Saleemul Huq
Saleemul Huq Independent University
Nadine Marshall
Nadine Marshall James Cook University
Ian Burton
Ian Burton University of Toronto
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Gregory V. Jones
Gregory V. Jones Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
John J. McDermott
John J. McDermott International Food Policy Research Institute

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