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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828739603321

Titolo

Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities : resource politics, migration, and climate change / / edited by Robert W. Orttung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78533-842-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Studies in the Circumpolar North

Classificazione

NK 4700

Disciplina

307.760947

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Russia, Northern

Sociology, Urban - Russia, Northern

Social change - Russia, Northern

Climatic changes - Russia, Northern

Energy industries - Social aspects - Russia, Northern

Russia, Northern Population

Russia, Northern Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Russia’s Arctic Cities: Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change -- Section I. Decision Making -- Chapter 2. The Arctic in Moscow -- Chapter 3. The Anna Karenina Principle: How to Diversify Monocities -- Section II. Migration Trends in Russian Arctic Cities -- Chapter 4. Boom and Bust: Population Change in Russia’s Arctic Cities -- Chapter 5. Assessing Social Sustainability: Immigration to Russia’s Arctic Cities -- Chapter 6. The Russian North Connected: The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration -- Section III. Climate Change -- Chapter 7. Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change -- Chapter 8. Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux: Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development -- Chapter 9. Russian Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost -- Chapter 10. Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Drivers of Change -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy production drives a boom-bust cycle in the Arctic economy, explores how migrants from Muslim cultures are reshaping the social fabric of northern cities, and provides a detailed analysis of climate change and its impact on urban and industrial infrastructure.