Robert W. Orttung is a Research Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs and Director of Research for Sustainable GW. He is the editor of Sustaining Russia's Arctic Cities (Berghahn, 2016).

“This book tackles an understudied and pressing topic – how Arctic cities are tackling challenges relating to sustainable development … The case study chapters all bring original insight and explore different indicators of sustainable development and provide fascinating, in-depth insights into urban life in the Arctic.” • Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs“I think that [the book] will be an excellent contribution to the study of urban sustainability in the Arctic which is increasingly becoming an important topic, both in the region and globally. I think that the book does an excellent job of placing the issue of Arctic urban sustainability into a wider context.” • Timothy Heleniak, Nordregio

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Urban Sustainability in the ArcticIntroduction: Measuring Urban Sustainability in Arctic ConditionsRobert W. Orttung and Luis SuterChapter 1. Arctic CitiesCarrie SchaffnerPart II: Testing Indicators of Arctic Urban SustainabilityChapter 2. Shrinking Cities, Growing Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Vorkuta and SalekhardNadezhda Zamyatina, Luis Suter, Dmitry Streletskiy, and Nikolay ShiklomanovChapter 3. Norilsk: Measuring Sustainability in Population Size and Well-BeingMarlene LaruelleChapter 4. Yakutsk: Culture for SustainabilityVera Kuklina with Natalia ShishiginaChapter 5. Assessing Energy Security in Nome and Lavrentiya: How Breaking Down Energy and Governance Silos Makes a DifferenceKatherine Weingartner, Evgeny Antonov, and Alexey MaslakovPart III: Extending the International Standard for Measuring Urban SustainabilityChapter 6. Fate Control and Sustainability in Arctic Cities: Recasting Fate Control Indicators for Arctic Urban CommunitiesAndrey N. PetrovChapter 7. What Do ISO Indicators Tell Us about Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Cities of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia?Stephanie Hitztaler and Veli-Pekka TynkkynenChapter 8. Planning for Sustainability: The Russian CaseAlexander SerguninChapter 9.Transport Connectivity and Adapting to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic: The Case of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)Aleksandra DurovaChapter 10. Sustaining Sustainability in Whitehorse, Yukon, CanadaJames PowellConclusion: Next Steps for Measuring Arctic Urban SustainabilityRobert W. OrttungIndex