The new Arctic. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Birgitta Evengård, Joan Nymand Larsen, Øyvind Paasche, editors.
• Editors: Evengård, Birgitta; Larsen, Joan Nymand; Paasche, Øyvind
• Contents: 1. Paths to the New Arctic -- 2. Indigenous peoples in the new Arctic -- 3. Pioneering nation: new narratives about Greenland and Greenlanders launched through arts and branding -- 4. Perpetual adaption? Challenges for the Sami and reindeer husbandry in Sweden -- 5. On past, present and future Arctic expeditions -- 6. Arctopias: The Arctic as No Place and New Place in fiction -- 7. The fleeting glaciers of the Arctic -- 8. Arctic carbon cycle: patterns, impacts and possible changes -- 9. Arctic vegetation cover: patterns, processes and expected change -- 10. Human development in the New Arctic -- 11. Issues in Arctic tourism -- 12. The Arctic economy in a global context -- 13. Globalization of the "Arctic" -- 14. Race to resources in the Arctic: have we progressed in our understanding of what takes place in the Arctic? -- 15. Comparing the health of circumpolar populations: patterns, determinants, and systems -- 16. Food security or food sovereignty: what is the main issue in the Arctic? -- 17. Water information and water security in the Arctic -- 18. Infectious disease in the Arctic: a panorama in transition -- 19. Environmental health in the changing Arctic -- 20. Scientific cooperation throughout the Arctic: the INTERACT experience -- 21. The assessed Arctic: how monitoring can be silently normative -- 22. The challenge of governance in the Arctic: now and in the future -- 23. New knowledge a pathway to responsible development of the Arctic -- 24. Cryo-history: narratives of ice and the emerging Arctic humanities -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 352 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 998; Environment; Climatic changes -- Arctic regions; HISTORY -- Polar Regions; Climatic changes; Research; Sustainable development; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; Arctic regions; Arctic regions -- Research; Arctic Regions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319176024; 3319176021
• Related ISBNs: 9783319176017; 3319176013
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.