| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
London : , : UCL Press, , 2017
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xix, 181 pages) : illustrations
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| Disciplina |
947.004971
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| Soggetto topico |
International relations
Civilization
Arctic peoples
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
1. Editorial introduction: shall i compare thee to an arctic day (or night) -- Part 1. Arcticness emerging -- 2. Maintaining my Arcticness -- 3. conversations in the dark -- Poem: Tracking the Arctic -- 4. Radar observations of Arctic ice -- 5. Arcticness: In the making of the beholder -- Part 2. Arcticness Living -- 6. Arcticness insights -- 7. Reindeer herding in a changing world -- Poem: Aurora -- 8. Energy justice: a new framework for examining Arcticness in the context of energy infrastructure development -- 9. Understanding Arcticness: comparing resource frontier narratives in the Arctic and East Africa -- 10. Scopes and limits of 'Arcticness': Arctic livelihoods, marine mammals and the law -- Part 3. Arcticness futures -- 11. Continental divide: Shifting Canadian and Russian Arcticness -- 12. Imagining the future: local perceptions of Arctic extractive projects that didn't happen -- 13. Editorial conclusion: Arcticness, outside the Arctic. Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface -- 'Arcticness and change'; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; 1 Editorial Introduction: Shall I compare thee to an Arctic day (or night)?; Arcticness as a home; Arcticness as a book; Arcticness as a context; PART 1 Arcticness Emerging; 2 Maintaining my Arcticness; 3 Conversations in the Dark; Tracking the Arctic; Background; Rationale; 4 Radar observations of Arctic ice; Background; Radar observation methods; Satellite radar; Airborne radar; Ground-based radar; Scientific examples of Arctic ice observations. Satellite observations of Arctic sea ice thicknessAirborne radar; Ground-based radar at Store Glacier, West Greenland; Arctic science communication and outreach; The 'dos' and 'don'ts' of science communication; Outreach; Conclusions and outlook; 5 Arcticness: In the making of the beholder; PART 2 Arcticness Living; 6 Arcticness insights; The sounds of quiet; Isolation and togetherness; Meat we eat; The interconnectedness of characteristics and perspectives on quality of life in the Arctic; 7 Reindeer herding in a changing world -- a comparative analysis; Introduction. Comparative aspects of land tenure privatisationLand tenure; A chronology of land tenure changes in Tibet and Norway; Fragmentation, privatisation and density dependence; Privatisation as a source of fragmentation; Density dependence and density independence; Discussion; Reduced mobility, intensification and degradation; The erosion of cooperative networks; Concluding remarks and future prospects; Acknowledgement; 8 Energy justice: A new framework for examining Arcticness in the context of energy infrastructure development; The energy justice framework; The framework. Energy infrastructure development in the ArcticJustice and Arcticness in energy infrastructure development; Expanding justice in Arcticness -- a new role for the non-human; Implications: energy justice and 'frames' of Arcticness; 9 Understanding Arcticness: Comparing resource frontier narratives in the Arctic and East Africa; Introduction; Background; Materiality; Global interest; Governance; Community; Conclusion; 10 Scopes and limits of 'Arcticness': Arctic livelihoods, marine mammals and the law; Introduction; Arctic peoples in international legal regimes -- the case of marine mammal hunting. Arctic livelihoods as a legal construct'Arcticness' in other legal contexts; Conclusion; PART 3 Arcticness Futures; 11 Continental divide: Shifting Canadian and Russian Arcticness; Introduction; Canadian Arctic; Political change; Changing demography; The changing state of knowledge; Russian Arctic; Political change; Development and demography; The changing state of knowledge; Differences and similarities between the Canadian and Russian Arctic regions; Learning from the continent-bound Arcticness; 12 Imagining the future: Local perceptions of Arctic extractive projects that didn't happen.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678578103321 |
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