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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455415003321

Autore

Zellen Barry Scott <1963->

Titolo

Arctic doom, Arctic boom [[electronic resource] ] : the geopolitics of climate change in the Arctic / / Barry Scott Zellen ; foreword by Walter J. Hickel [and] Daniel J. Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, c2009

ISBN

1-282-33886-2

9786612338861

0-313-38013-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Security and the environment Arctic doom, Arctic boom

Disciplina

551.65113

551.6511'3-dc22

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Arctic regions

Geopolitics - Arctic regions

Electronic books.

Arctic regions Climate

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Arctic Spring; 2 The Geopolitics of Snow and Ice; 3 An Arctic Imperative?; 4 From Cold War to Warming Earth; 5 Polar Uncertainties; 6 The End of the Arctic; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An expert examination of the way climate change is transforming the Arctic environmentally, economically, and geopolitically, and how the challenges of that transformation should be met.