Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This edited volume examines the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the Circumpolar North, a territory facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges at the start of the 21st century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-15
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:622 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Polar Sciences
Antal sidor:342
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319834535

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Chapter 1. Exploring Sustainabilities in the Circumpolar North.- Part I. Conceptualizing and Measuring Arctic Sustainability.- Chapter 2. Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic —A Research Agenda.- Chapter 3. Uranium - The Road to "Economic Self-Sustainability for Greenland"? Changing Uranium Positions in Greenlandic Politics.- Chapter 4. Tensions Between Environmental, Economic and Energy Security in the Arctic.- Chapter 5. Sustainable Security in the Arctic and Military Cooperation.- Chapter 6. Measuring Community Adaptive and Transformative Capacity in the Arctic Context.- Chapter 7. Political and fiscal limitations of Inuit Self-Determination in the Canadian Arctic.- Chapter 8. The Social Life of Institutions in among the Nunavik Inuit (Arctic Quebec, Canada).- Part II. Challenges to Sustainability.- Chapter 9. Gendered Consequences of Climate Change in Rural Yakutia.- Chapter 10. Activating Adaptive Capacities: Fishing Communities in Northern Norway.- Chapter 11. Signs of Non-Recognition: Colonized Linguistic Landscapes and Indigenous Peoples in Chersky, Northeastern Siberia.- Chapter 12. Barriers to Sustainable Health Promotion and Injury Prevention in the Northwest Territories, Canada.- Chapter 13. Foreign Bodies in the Russian North: On the Biological Adaptation of Soviet Settlers and "Oil Nomads" to the Oil-Rich Arctic.- Chapter 14. Rights and Responsibilities: Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations in the Russian Oil and Gas Sector.- Chapter 15. When Municipalities met Goliat at the Coast of Finnmark: Collaborative Dynamics between Local Authorities and an International Oil and Gas Company.- Chapter 16. Human Capital and Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Towards Intellectual and Empirical Framing.- Part III. Advancing Sustainability.- Chapter 17. From Lone Wolves to Relational Reindeer: Revealing Anthropological Myths and Methods in the Arctic.- Chapter 18. Building Relationships in the Arctic: Indigenous Communities and Scientists.- Chapter 19. Beginnings of a Rural Sustainability Paradigm: The Arctic as Case in Point.- Chapter 20. Urbanisation and Land Use Management in the Arctic: An Investigative Overview.- Chapter 21. "You Need to be a Well-Rounded Cultural Person": Youth Mentorship Programs for Cultural Preservation, Promotion and Sustainability in the Nunatsiavut Region of Labrador.- Chapter 22. Practicing Sustainable Art in the Arctic: Two Case Studies.- Chapter 23. Meaning and Means of "Sustainability": An Example from the Inuit Settlement Region of Nunatsiavut, Northern Labrador.