The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents the most current research results and knowledge from five multidisciplinary themes: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments, Vulnerability of Arctic Societies, Local and Traditional Knowledge, Building Long-term Human Capacity, New ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Latola, Kirsi (Editor), Savela, Hannele (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Springer Polar Sciences,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57532-2
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Vulnerability of the Arctic environments. Chapter 1 Mysteries of the geological history of the Cenozoic Arctic Ocean sea ice cover
  • Chapter 2 Response of Arctic alpine biota to climate change -evidence from Polar Urals GLORIA summits.- Chapter 3 The features of natural and artificial recovery in quarries of the forest-tundra zone of Western Siberia
  • Chapter 4 The concept of hierarchical structure of large marine ecosystems in the zoning of Russian Arctic shelf seas
  • Chapter 5 Changing climate and outbreaks of forest pest insects in a cold northern country, Finland.- Chapter 6 Wood-based energy as a strategy for climate change mitigation in the Arctic –Perspectives on assessment of climate impacts and resource efficiency with Life Cycle Assessment
  • Chapter 7. Geospatial analysis of persistent organic pollutant deposits in the Arctic ecosystems and environment.- Chapter 8 Hydrological probabilistic model MARCS and its application to simulate the probability density functions of multi-year maximal runoff: the Russian Arctic as a case of study
  • Chapter 9 Student contribution: Assessment of Atmospheric Circulation in the Atlantic-Eurasian Region and Arctic Using Climate Indices. The Possible Applications of these Indices in Long-term Weather Forecasts
  • Chapter 10 Student contribution: Difficulties of Geological Engineering in Arctic Seas
  • Part II Vulnerability of the Arctic societies. Chapter 11 The Health Transition: A challenge to indigenous peoples in the Arctic
  • Chapter 12 Uncertainties in Arctic socio-economic scenarios
  • Chapter 13 Importance of consideration of climate change at managing fish stocks: A case of northern Russian fisheries.- Chapter 14 Preservation of territories and traditional activities of the northern indigenous peoples in the period of the Arctic industrial development
  • Chapter 15 The Arctic journey – design experiments in the north
  • Chapter 16 The Bicycle and the Arctic. Resilient and sustainable transport in times of climate change
  • Part III Building the long-term human capacity. Chapter 17 Human capital development in the Russian Arctic
  • Chapter 18 Impact of wages on employment and migration in the High North of Russia
  • chapter 19 Well-being in an Arctic city. Designing a longitudinal study on student relationships and perceived quality of life
  • Chapter 20 Researching Links between Teacher Wellbeing and Educational Change: Case Studies from Kazakhstan and Sakha Republic
  • chapter 21 Student contribution: Well-being at the Polish polar station, Svalbard: Adaptation to extreme environments
  •  Part IV Arcitc tourism. Chapter 22 Tourism futures in the Arctic
  • chapter 23 Uniqueness as a draw for riding under the midnight sun.- Chapter 24 Arctic tourism: the design approach with reference to the Russian North
  • Part V Arctic safety. Chapter 25 Maritime operations and emergency preparedness in the Arctic –competence standards for search and rescue operations contingencies in polar waters
  • Chapter 26 Risk reduction as a result of implementation of the functional based IMO Polar Code in the Arctic cruise industry
  • Chapter 27 Safety of industrial development and transportation routes in the Arctic (SITRA) -collaboration project for research and education of future High North experts
  • Chapter 28 Safe Snow and Ice Construction to Arctic Conditions
  • Chapter 29 The components of psychological safety of oil and gas shift workers in the Arctic
  • Part VI Circumpolar, inclusive and reciprocal Arctic. Chapter 30 Where is gender? Cracking the Arctic box and its persistent “gender neutral” research agendas
  • Chapter 31 Towards an Arctic awakening: Neocolonialism, sustainable development, emancipatory research, collective action, and Arctic regional policymaking.