Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fondahl, Gail (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wilson, Gary N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Springer Polar Sciences,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Cultural heritage.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental health.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Community & Population Ecology.; Environmental Health.; Cultural Heritage.

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, a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.