Environmental and Technological Threats in the Arctic Region : Infrastructures, Geopolitics and Strategy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911067906403321
• Autore: Landriault Mathieu
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025; ©2026
• ISBN: 1-04-103583-7; 1-04-044820-8; 1-04-044823-2; 1-003-62435-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Collana: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Altri autori (Persone): VulliermeMagali; DelaunayMichael
• Disciplina: 998
• Soggetti: Technological innovations - Arctic regions; Marine terminals - Arctic regions; Geopolitics - Arctic regions; Arctic regions Environmental conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Map -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Section I Arctic (Re)newed Environment -- Introduction - Section I: Arctic (Re)newed Environment -- 1 Impacts of Permafrost Thaw in the Arctic: A (Very) Brief Introduction -- 2 Subsea Sensing and Power Politics in the Arctic -- 3 The Canadian Armed Forces' Arctic Pan-Domain Command and Control Cyberattack Surface -- Section II Arctic Infrastructures -- Introduction - Section II: Arctic Infrastructures -- 4 Canada's 2024 Defense Strategy: The Role of Infrastructure and Climate Change in Arctic Security -- 5 Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructures in Canada: Risks Classification in Inuit Nunangat and Arctic Subregions -- 6 The Geopolitics of Quantum Sensors, Security, and the Mitigation of Climate Change in the Arctic and High North -- Section III Arctic Geopolitics and Strategy -- Introduction - Section III: Arctic Geopolitics ; and Strategy -- 7 The Arctic as a New Strategic Data Route for the European Union -- 8 The Challenges of Resilience and Sovereignty Arising from the Dependence of Canadian Arctic Networks on Satellites and US Infrastructures and Actors -- 9 The Arctic Turn of the Russian Cryptocurrency Mining Industry -- 10 Russian Press Agencies on the Arctic Framing Western Military Initiatives -- Conclusion -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Arctic subregions have undergone major structural changes in the past few decades. This book focuses rather on climate change and on the emergence of the digital economy and its infrastructures as two of the most fundamental threats for Arctic communities and inhabitants.