North by 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems

• Autore: Lovecraft Amy Lauren
• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (754 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.209798
• Soggetto topico: Arctic regions -- Research -- Congresses; Climatic changes -- Detection -- Polar regions -- Congresses; International Polar Year, 2007-2008 -- Congresses; Polar regions -- Research -- Congresses; Research -- Polar regions -- Congresses; International Polar Year, 2007-2008 - Detection - Polar regions; Research - Polar regions; Climatic changes; Geography; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Discovery & Exploration
• Soggetto geografico: Polar regions Research Congresses; Arctic regions Research Congresses; Antarctica Research Congresses; Polar regions Environmental conditions Congresses
• Altri autori: EickenHajo
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Preface; 1. A Holistic Approach for a Changing North; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Transdisciplinary Collaboration in the Fourth International Polar Year: Connecting Studies of Arctic Change across the Sciences and the Arts; 1.3 Scenarios as a Tool to Understand and Respond to Change; 1.4 Contextualizing Alaska's Climate Change from Global to Local Scales: The Boreal Forest, People, and Wildfire; 2. Indigenous Knowledge, Climate Change, and Sustainability; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Anchorage Declaration; 2.3 My Place, My Identity. ; 2.4 A Changing Sense of Place: Climate and Native Well-Being2.5 Values of Nushagak Bay: Past, Present, and Future; 2.6 Food Systems, Environmental Change, and CommunityNeeds in Rural Alaska; 2.7 Indigenous Knowledge and Global Environmental Politics: Biodiversity, POPs, and Climate; 2.8 Indigenous Contributions to Sustainability; 2.9 Climate Change and Creative Expression; 3. Alaska's Freshwater Resources; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Alaska Freshwater Policy Development since Statehood; 3.3 The State of Water Science; 3.4 The Role of Fresh Water in Alaska's Communities; 3.5 Planning for Change. ; 4. The Arctic Coastal Margin4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Physical Environment of Alaska's Coasts; 4.3 Humans in the Coastal Zone of the Circumpolar North; 4.4 Case 1: Newtok, the First Village in Alaska to Relocate Due to Climate Change; 4.5 Case 2: Flood Waters, Politics, and Relocating Home: One Story of Shishmaref, Alaska; 4.6 Case 3: Finding Ways to Move: The Challenges of Relocation in Kivalina, Northwest Alaska; 4.7 Case 4: Current Situations and Future Possibilities: Issues of Coastal Erosion in Kaktovik, Alaska; 4.8 Case Studies: Summary, Conclusions, and Prospects. ; 4.9 The Arctic Coastal System: An Interplay of Components Human, Industrial, and Natural5. Management of Living Marine Resources; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marine Fisheries off Alaska; 5.3 Climate Change Brings Uncertain Future for Subarctic Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries; 5.4 Conservation of Marine Mammals in Alaska: The Value of Policy Histories for Understanding Contemporary Change; 5.5 Addressing Rural Livelihood and Community Well-Being in Alaska's Fisheries; 5.6 Tracking Changes in Coastal-Community Subsistence to Improve Understanding of Arctic Climate Change. ; 6. Marine Infrastructure and Transportation6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Historical Perspective on the United States Coast Guard Presence in the Arctic; 6.3 The Arctic: A Growing Search-and-Rescue Challenge; 6.4 Traffic Management in the Bering Strait; 6.5 The Effect of Unregulated Ship Emissions on Aerosol and Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations in Southwestern Alaska; 6.6 Strengthening Institutions for Stakeholder Involvement and Ecosystem-Based Management in the US Arctic Offshore; 6.7 Futures of Arctic Marine Transport 2030: An Explorative Scenario Approach.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on the most important linked social-ecological systems, including fresh water, marine resources, and oil and gas development, this volume explores opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of perspectives, among them social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and the arts. Individual chapters highlight expressions of climate change.
• Titolo autorizzato: North by 2020
• ISBN: 1-60223-143-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789742203321
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