LEADER 04386nam 22006375 450 001 9910254135003321 005 20200701022638.0 010 $a981-10-2059-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-10-2059-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000872868 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-10-2059-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4697507 035 $a(PPN)195508815 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000872868 100 $a20160926d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAsia and the Arctic $eNarratives, Perspectives and Policies /$fedited by Vijay Sakhuja, Kapil Narula 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 143 p. 7 illus.) 225 1 $aSpringer Geology,$x2197-9545 311 $a981-10-2058-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aPart 1. Evolving Dynamics in the Arctic -- Part 2. Asian Country Perspectives -- Part 3. Arctic Countries? Perspectives on Asian Approaches. . 330 $aThis book presents narratives, perspectives and policies on the Arctic and brings to fore the strategies of five Asian countries - China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore who were granted the status of Permanent Observers in the Arctic Council in 2013. The book also captures Arctic countries? reactions to Asian approaches, and their expectations from these countries. The melting of the polar sea-ice induced by climate change has placed the Arctic region in the forefront of global scientific, economic, strategic and academic interest. The discourse involves a number of issues such as claims of the littoral countries to the continental shelves of the region, the management and exploitation of its living and non-living resources, the rights and interests of indigenous communities, and the prospects of new ice-free shipping routes. The contemporary discourse also suggests that the Arctic region presents challenges and offers opportunities for the international community. These issues have given rise to new geopolitical, geoeconomic, and geostrategic dynamics amongst the Arctic littorals, and led to the growing interest of non-Arctic states in the affairs of the Arctic. It is evident that the Asian countries have a variety of interests in the Arctic, and the grant of Permanent Observer status to these countries is an acknowledgement of their capabilities. These countries are keen to explore opportunities in the Arctic, and have begun to formulate appropriate long-term national strategies. The preliminary approach of the Asian Observer countries has rightly been to graduate from ?involvement? to ?engagement? in the Arctic, which seems to have generated significant interest amongst analysts. This book helps to understand the approaches of various Arctic and non-Arctic stakeholders, in light of the evolving dynamics in the region. 410 0$aSpringer Geology,$x2197-9545 606 $aEarth sciences 606 $aNature conservation 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aEnvironmental economics 606 $aEarth Sciences, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G00002 606 $aNature Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U26008 606 $aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/313000 606 $aEnvironmental Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48000 615 0$aEarth sciences. 615 0$aNature conservation. 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aEnvironmental economics. 615 14$aEarth Sciences, general. 615 24$aNature Conservation. 615 24$aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts. 615 24$aEnvironmental Economics. 676 $a327.5 702 $aSakhuja$b Vijay$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aNarula$b Kapil$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254135003321 996 $aAsia and the Arctic$92502038 997 $aUNINA