The GlobalArctic Handbook

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Finger, Matthias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Heininen, Lassi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Globalization.; Environmental policy.; Polar regions.; Natural resources.; Human geography.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Policy.; Polar Geography.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Human Geography.; Sustainable Development.
• Physical Description: VI, 306 p. 11 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319919959
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91995-9

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the Arctic in the era of globalization, or as it is referred to here, the 'GlobalArctic'. It provides an overview of the current status of the Arctic as a result of global change, while also considering the changes in the Arctic that have a global effect. It positions the Arctic within a broad international context, it addresses four main themes are discussed: economics and resources; environment and earth system dynamics; peoples and cultures; and geopolitics and governance. Gathering together expert authors and building on long-term research activities, it serves as a valuable reference for future research endeavors.