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Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World

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Editors:
  1. Gail Fondahl

    1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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  2. Gary N. Wilson

    1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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  • Presents the first truly international examination of the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the circumpolar north at the start of the 21st century
  • Includes both original academic research and overviews of practical projects that are designed to build capacity in the north
  • Provides extensive lists, graphs and maps

Part of the book series: Springer Polar Sciences (SPPS)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Exploring Sustainabilities in the Circumpolar North

    • Gail Fondahl, Gary N. Wilson
    Pages 1-9

  3. Conceptualizing and Measuring Arctic Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic: A Research Agenda

      • Ulrik Pram Gad, Uffe Jakobsen, Jeppe Strandsbjerg
      Pages 13-23

    3. Uranium: The Road to “Economic Self-Sustainability for Greenland”? Changing Uranium-Positions in Greenlandic Politics

      • Lill Rastad Bjørst
      Pages 25-34

    4. Tensions Between Environmental, Economic and Energy Security in the Arctic

      • Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv
      Pages 35-46

    5. Sustainable Security in the Arctic and Military Cooperation

      • Michał Łuszczuk
      Pages 47-58

    6. Measuring Community Adaptive and Transformative Capacity in the Arctic Context

      • Matthew Berman, Gary Kofinas, Shauna BurnSilver
      Pages 59-75

    7. Political and Fiscal Limitations of Inuit Self-Determination in the Canadian Arctic

      • Umut Riza Ozkan, Stephan Schott
      Pages 77-93

    8. The Social Life of Political Institutions Among the Nunavik Inuit (Arctic Québec, Canada)

      • Caroline Hervé
      Pages 95-105

  4. Challenges to Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Gendered Consequences of Climate Change in Rural Yakutia

      • Liliia Vinokurova
      Pages 109-121

    3. Activating Adaptive Capacities: Fishing Communities in Northern Norway

      • Ingrid Bay-Larsen, Grete K. Hovelsrud
      Pages 123-134

    4. Signs of Non-recognition: Colonized Linguistic Landscapes and Indigenous Peoples in Chersky, Northeastern Siberia

      • Lena Sidorova, Jenanne Ferguson, Laur Vallikivi
      Pages 135-149

    5. Barriers to Sustainable Health Promotion and Injury Prevention in the Northwest Territories, Canada

      • Audrey R. Giles, Lauren A. Brooks-Cleator, Catherine T. R. Glass
      Pages 151-162

    6. Foreign Bodies in the Russian North: On the Physiological and Psychological Adaptation of Soviet Settlers and ‘Oil Nomads’ to the Oil-Rich Arctic

      • Rémy Rouillard
      Pages 163-176

    7. Rights and Responsibilities: Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations in the Russian Oil and Gas Sector

      • Emma Wilson
      Pages 177-188

    8. When Municipalities Met Goliat on the Coast of Finnmark: Collaborative Dynamics Between Local Authorities and an International Oil and Gas Company

      • Toril Ringholm
      Pages 189-201

    9. Human Capital and Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Towards Intellectual and Empirical Framing

      • Andrey N. Petrov
      Pages 203-220

  5. Advancing Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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About this book

This edited volume examines the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the Circumpolar North, a territory facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges at the start of the 21st century. The chapters explore the cultural, economic, political and environmental aspects of sustainability, as well as examples of successful research collaboration with northern and indigenous communities. By examining a wide range of issues and places, the contributions highlight the diversity of the Circumpolar North, the challenges and opportunities it faces, and the ways in which people and communities are adapting to and influencing the changing circumstances of this dynamic region. Contributors include both Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from eleven different countries and from across the career spectrum. This book will appeal to an academic audience interested in the manifold facets of sustainability in the Arctic and sub-arctic regions of the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

    Gail Fondahl, Gary N. Wilson

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