North by 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems |
Autore | Lovecraft Amy Lauren |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (754 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209798 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EickenHajo |
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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60223-143-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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 7. Coastal and Offshore Oil and Gas Development:Balancing Interests and Reducing Risks Through Collaboration and Information Exchange |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461748003321 |
Lovecraft Amy Lauren | ||
Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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North by 2020 [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems |
Autore | Lovecraft Amy Lauren |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (754 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209798 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EickenHajo |
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 |
ISBN | 1-60223-143-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789742203321 |
Lovecraft Amy Lauren | ||
Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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