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Pittman, Jeremy; Wittrock, Virginia; Kulshreshtha, Surendra; Wheaton, Elaine – Journal of Rural Studies, 2011
With the likelihood of future changes in climate and climate variability, it is important to understand how human systems may be vulnerable. Rural communities in Saskatchewan having agricultural-based economies are particularly dependent on climate and could be among the most vulnerable human systems in Canada. Future changes in climate are likely…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Climate
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Laplante, David P.; Brunet, Alain; Schmitz, Norbert; Ciampi, Antonio; King, Suzanne – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The study used data from Project Ice Storm to determine the extent to which exposure to prenatal maternal stress due to a natural disaster can explain variance in the intellectual and language performance of offspring at age 5 1/2.
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Prenatal Influences, Cognitive Ability, Language Skills