Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World

Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9783319461502
ISBN-13 : 3319461508
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World by : Gail Fondahl

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. The chapters explore the cultural, economic, political and environmental aspects of sustainability, as well as examples of successful research collaboration with northern and indigenous communities. By examining a wide range of issues and places, the contributions highlight the diversity of the Circumpolar North, the challenges and opportunities it faces, and the ways in which people and communities are adapting to and influencing the changing circumstances of this dynamic region. Contributors include both Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from eleven different countries and from across the career spectrum. This book will appeal to an academic audience interested in the manifold facets of sustainability in the Arctic and sub-arctic regions of the world.

Risky Futures

Risky Futures
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781800735941
ISBN-13 : 1800735944
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Risky Futures by : Olga Ulturgasheva

The volume examines complex intersections of environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions and local innovative reactions characterising ‘the Arctic’ in the early twenty-first century. What happens in the region (such as permafrost thaw or methane release) not only sweeps rapidly through local ecosystems but also has profound global implications. Bringing together a unique combination of authors who are local practitioners, indigenous scholars and international researchers, the book provides nuanced views of the social consequences of climate change and environmental risks across human and non-human realms.

Unfreezing the Arctic

Unfreezing the Arctic
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780226416649
ISBN-13 : 022641664X
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Unfreezing the Arctic by : Andrew Stuhl

This rich portrait of Arctic science, informed by ethnographic fieldwork and Inuit perspective, speaks to the interplay of science and international politics. It looks at episodes of exploration, colonial control, exchanges with indigenous populations, and the process of knowledge gathering on the Arctic s natural and living resources. Andrew Stuhl s compelling narrative weaves together distinct episodes into a backstory for what some have wrongly called the unprecedented transformations in the circumpolar basin today. "Unfreezing the Arctic" is among the first books to undertake a sustained examination of scientific activity in the Arctic across the long twentieth century, and it will be warmly welcomed by anyone interested in the commingled political, economic, and social histories of transboundary regions the world over."

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0521222133
ISBN-13 : 9780521222136
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations by : F. A. Milan

This study elucidates the biological and behavioural processes leading to the successful adaptation of circumpolar human populations.

Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes

Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 3542
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ISBN-10 : 9780128160978
ISBN-13 : 0128160977
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes by :

Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication. Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources Authored and edited by top scientists in the field Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information

Ice Walker

Ice Walker
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 171
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ISBN-10 : 9781501155383
ISBN-13 : 1501155385
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Ice Walker by : James Raffan

From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, “the bear-spirited one,” is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where ice never lasts more than one season. For her and her young, everything is in flux. From the top of the world, Hudson Bay looks like an enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and through a vast network of lakes and rivers, this bay connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one polar bear among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million square kilometers of ice and snow covering the bay. For millennia, Nanu’s ancestors have roamed this great expanse, living, evolving, and surviving alongside human beings in one of the most challenging and unforgiving habitats on earth. But that world is changing. In the Arctic’s lands and waters, oil has been extracted—and spilled. As global temperatures have risen, the sea ice that Nanu and her young need to hunt seal and fish has melted, forcing them to wait on land where the delicate balance between them and their two-legged neighbors has now shifted. This is the icescape that author and geographer James Raffan invites us to inhabit in Ice Walker. In precise and provocative prose, he brings readers inside Nanu’s world as she treks uncertainly around the heart of Hudson Bay, searching for nourishment for the children that grow inside her. She stops at nothing to protect her cubs from the dangers she can see—other bears, wolves, whales, human beings—and those she cannot. By focusing his lens on this bear family, Raffan closes the gap between humans and bears, showing us how, like the water of the Hudson Bay, our existence—and our future—is tied to Nanu’s. He asks us to consider what might be done about this fragile world before it is gone for good. Masterful, vivid, and haunting, Ice Walker is an utterly unique piece of creative nonfiction and a deeply affecting call to action.

Globalization and the Circumpolar North

Globalization and the Circumpolar North
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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781602231047
ISBN-13 : 1602231044
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Globalization and the Circumpolar North by : Lassi Heininen

The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, Globalization and the Circumpolar North brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples.

The Fast-changing Arctic

The Fast-changing Arctic
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1552386465
ISBN-13 : 9781552386460
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fast-changing Arctic by : Barry Scott Zellen

Rather than a single national perspective, The Fast-Changing Arctic brings together circumpolar viewpoints from North America, Europe and Asia for an integrated discussion of strategic military, diplomatic, and security challenges in the high North. Thoughtful analyses are included of different regions, climate issues, institutions, and foreign and security policies."--Pub. desc.

The Northern Circumpolar World

The Northern Circumpolar World
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 1895073227
ISBN-13 : 9781895073225
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Northern Circumpolar World by : Bob MacQuarrie

The Power of Stars

The Power of Stars
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9783319525976
ISBN-13 : 3319525972
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Power of Stars by : Bryan E. Penprase

Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a readable, beautifully illustrated journey through world cultures and the vibrant array of sky mythology, creation stories, models of the universe, temples and skyscrapers that each culture has created to celebrate and respond to the power of the night sky. Sections on the archaeoastronomy of South Asia and South East Asia have been expanded, with original photography and new research on temple alignments in Southern India, and new material describing the astronomical practices of Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Beautiful photographs of temples in India and Asia have been added, as well as new diagrams explaining the alignment of these structures and the astronomical underpinnings of temples within the Pallava and Chola cultures. From new fieldwork in the Four Corners region of North America, Dr. Penprase has included accounts of Pueblo skywatching and photographs of ceremonial kivas that help elucidate the rich astronomical knowledge of the Pueblo people. The popular “Archaeoastronomy of Skyscrapers” section of the book has been updated as well, with new interpretations of skyscrapers in Indonesia, Taiwan and China.With the rapid pace of discovery in astronomy and astrophysics, entirely new perspectives are emerging about dark matter, inflation and the future of the universe. The Power of Stars puts these discoveries in context and describes how they fit into the modern perspective of cosmology, which has arisen from the universal human response to the sky that has inspired both ancient and modern cultures.