Overview
- Reviews the contemporary view on the Arctic and Antarctic regions
- Discusses the impact of global warming on the polar regions
- Presents the latest findings on the inventory, status, and fluctuation of glaciers in the Himalaya
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Geopolitics of the Polar Region
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The Global Climate Change and Polar Region
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Global Climate Change and the Himalayan Region
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About this book
This book brings together thirteen selected papers presented in the Third International Seminar on Science and Geopolitics of Arctic-Antarctic-Himalaya, held in India in September 2015. The papers and have been grouped according to the Seminar’s three main themes: a) Geopolitics of the Polar Regions, b) Global Climate Change and Polar Regions, and c) Climate Change and Himalayan Region.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science and Geopolitics of The White World
Book Subtitle: Arctic-Antarctic-Himalaya
Editors: Prem Shankar Goel, Rasik Ravindra, Sulagna Chattopadhyay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57765-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57764-7Published: 14 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86242-2Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57765-4Published: 27 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 195
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polar Geography, Climate Change Management and Policy, International Organization, Atmospheric Sciences, Regional Development