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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299427703321

Autore

Czarny Ryszard M

Titolo

The High North : Between Geography and Politics / / by Ryszard M. Czarny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-21662-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Environment

Environment, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The High North -- he High North as a part of the global climate system: contemporary challenges -- Peoples of the High North -- The High North: the economic dimension -- The political dimension: North European Countries and the High North -- The High North as the area of international cooperation -- The High North: a source of conflicts or opportunities -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the transformation of the Arctic from an isolated or a distant region to   a member of the global community, vulnerable to global changes, and an area frequently in the very center of the world’s attention. Increased global interest is a potential source of tensions between the need for exploration or exploitation, and the requirements of protection. This context calls for new data, knowledge and information vital for a better understanding of interactions between different systems, as well as developing awareness about the current and potential changes in the future. The objective of the book is to help develop a strategy of adaptation to climate change based on the knowledge and experience of the extremely effective mechanisms which for centuries made survival possible in this region.