Nordic perspectives on the responsible development of the Arctic

Nordic perspectives on the responsible development of the Arctic / Douglas C. Nord, editor.

This book investigates the multifaceted nature of change in today's Nordic Arctic and the necessary research and policy development required to address the challenges and opportunities currently faced by this region. It focuses its attention on the recent efforts of the Nordic community to crea...

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Other Authors: Nord, Douglas C. (Douglas Charles), 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, [2020]
Series:Springer polar sciences.
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Arctic regions.
Tourism.
Climatic changes.
climate change.
Sustainable development
Climatic changes
Tourism
Arctic regions.
Arctic Regions
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. An introduction / Douglas C. Nord
  • NordForsk as a faciliatator of integrated research on the Arctic / Gunnel Gustafsson.
  • Part II. CLINF : climate-change effects on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, and the associated impacts of northern societies / Birgitta Evengard, Tomas Thierfelder
  • CLINF : an integrated project design / Tomas Thierfelder, Birgitta Evengård
  • Modeling climate sensitive infectious diseases in the Arctic / Gia Destouni, Zahra Kalantari, Shaun Quegan, Didier Leibovici, Juha Lemmetyinen, Jaakko Ikonen
  • Reindeer herding and coastal pastures : adaptation to multiple stressors and cumulative effects / Grete K. Hovelsrud, Camilla Risvoll, Jan Åge Riseth, Hans Tømmervik, Anna Omazic, Ann Albihn.
  • Part III. The ARCPATH Project : assessing risky environments and rapid change : research on climate, adaptation and coastal communities in the North Atlantic Arctic / Astrid E. J. Ogilvie, Yongqi Gao, Níels Einarsson, Noel Keenlyside, Leslie A. King
  • The climate model : an ARCPATH tool to understanding and predict climate change / Shuting Yang, Yongqi Gao, Koenigk Torben, Noel Keenlyside, François Counillon
  • Whale ecosystem services and co-production processes underpinning human wellbeing in the Arctic : case studies from Greenland, Iceland and Norway / Laura Malinauskaite, David Cook, Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Helga Ögmundardóttir
  • "Small science" : community engagement and local research in an era of big science agendas / Catherine Chambers, Leslie A. King, David Cook, Laura Malinauskaite, Margaret Willson, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie et al.
  • Part IV. Project ReiGN : reindeer husbandry in a globalizing north : resilience adaptations and pathways for actions / Øystein Holand, Jon Moen, Jouko Kumpula, Annette Löf, Sirpa Rasmus, Knut Røed
  • What drives the number of semi-domesticated reindeer? Pasture dynamics and economic incentives in Fennoscandian reindeer husbandry / Antti-Juhani Pekkarinen, Jouko Kumpula, Olli Tahvonen
  • Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders? Introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for Indigenous and local communities / Simo Sarkki, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Annette Lof
  • Working together : reflections on a transdisciplinary effort of co-producing knowledge on supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry across Fennoscandia / Tim Horstkotte, Élise Lépy, Camilla Risvoll.
  • Part V. Is there such a thing as "best practice"? Exploring the extraction/sustainability dilemma in the Arctic / Sverker Sorlin
  • When mines go silent : exploring the afterlives of extraction sites / Dag Avango, Gunhild Rosqvist
  • Mining emotions : affective approaches to resource extraction / Frank Sejersen, Kirsten Thisted.
  • Part VI. The challenge of synthesis : lessons from Arctic climate predictions : pathways to resilient, sustainable societies (ARCPATH) / Leslie A. King, Astrid E.J. Ogilvie
  • The assessment and evaluation of Arctic research : where have we come from and where do we need to go in the future? / Andre van Amstel, Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Maureen Biermann, Roberta Marinelli, Douglas C. Nord
  • Findings and conclusions : pathways to action / Douglas C. Nord.

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