Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities : resource politics, migration, and climate change / edited by Robert W. Orttung.

Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy product...

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Other Authors: Orttung, Robert W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]
Series:Studies in the Circumpolar North ; v. 2.
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Summary:Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy production drives a boom-bust cycle in the Arctic economy, explores how migrants from Muslim cultures are reshaping the social fabric of northern cities, and provides a detailed analysis of climate change and its impact on urban and industrial infrastructure.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785333163
178533316X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 22, 2022).