The Routledge handbook of the polar regions. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of the polar regions
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mark Nuttall, Torben R. Christensen and Martin J. Siegert.
• Editors: Nuttal, Mark; Christensen, Torben R; Siegert, Martin J
• Contents: List of figures List of tables List of Contributors Introduction: Locating the Polar Regions – Mark Nuttall, Torben R. Christensen and Martin J. Siegert Part One: Circumpolar Worlds Exploring and Mapping the Arctic: Histories of Discovery and Knowledge – John McCannon Exploring and Mapping the Antarctic: Histories of Discovery and Knowledge – Ursula Rack The Arctic in Literature and the Popular Imagination – Heidi Hansson The Antarctic in Literature and the Popular Imagination – Elizabeth Leane Self-Determination and Indigenous Governance in the Arctic – Mark Nuttall Indigenous Cartographies of Arctic Spaces and Places – Kaitlin Young Circumpolar Health and Well-being – Helle Møller Education in the Arctic: Trends, Challenges and Possibilities – Andrew Hodgkins Historical Sites and Heritage in the Polar Regions – Dag Avango Part Two: Polar Environments Biodiversity in the Polar Regions in a Warming World – Hans Meltofte The Geological Histories of Polar Environments – Tom Jordan Polar Oceans and their Global Significance – Rory Bingham Polar Sea Ice as a Barometer and Driver of Change – Jeremy Wilkinson and Julienne Stroeve The Current Health of Polar Ice Sheets and Implications for Sea Level – Mal McMillan Polar Climatology and Evidence for Global Warming – Gareth Marshall Post Last Glacial Maximum Processes in the Polar Regions – Pippa Whitehouse Biogeochemical Cycling in Glacial Environments – Elizabeth A. Bagshaw Permafrost Dynamics – Margareta Johansson Polar Feedbacks in a Changing Climate – Richard Hodgkins Part Three: Polar Politics and Resource Futures The Antarctic Treaty, Territorial Claims and a Continent for Science – Klaus Dodds The Polar Regions and the Law of the Sea – Donald R. Rothwell The Arctic Council: Governance and International Relations – Timo Koivurova National Antarctic Programmes: the Politics-Science Interface – Anita Dey Nuttall Sustainable Development and Sustainability in Arctic Political Discourses – Birger Poppel Indigeneity, Sovereignty and Arctic Indigenous Internationalism – Jessica Shadian Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic – Andreas Østhagen Polar Tourism: Status, Trends, Futures – Emma J. Stewart and Daniela Liggett Consulting Arctic Energy: from Political Hearings to Roundtable Events – Arthur Mason Social and Environmental Impact Assessments in the Arctic – Anne Merrild Hansen, Sanne Vamme Larsen and Bram Noble Northern Fisheries – Alf Håkon Hoel The Future of Antarctica: Minerals, Bioprospecting and Fisheries – Sanjay Chaturvedi Conservation and Environmental Governance in the Polar Regions – Mark Nuttall Part Four: Polar Scientific Frontiers Polar Technology and Scientific Discovery: Exploring the Great Ice Sheets through Geophysics – Martin J. Siegert Looking into the Past: Ice and Sediment Cores – Robert McKay Subglacial Access and Investigation – Keith Makinson Upper Atmosphere Physics and Chemistry – Sheila Kirkwood Ocean-Land Interactions and the Arctic Carbon Cycle – Frans-Jan Parmentier Back to the Future: Detecting Past Arctic Change and Investing in Future Observations – Terry V. Callaghan, Margareta Johansson and Nadya Matveyeva
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 910.911; Polar regions; Polar regions -- Environmental conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317549567; 9781317549574; 9781317549550; 9781315730639
• Related ISBNs: 9781138843998
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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