Arctic: Environment, People, PolicyCRC Press, 21. dets 2000 - 686 pages By demonstrating the importance of communication among social scientists, scientists in the natural sciences and stakeholders living in the Arctic, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions. In response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic it is an essential resource for all Arctic researchers and those developing multidisciplinary projects. Representing a state-of-the-art overview of key areas of Arctic research by renowned specialists in the field, each chapter forms a detailed, varied and accessible account of current knowledge. Each author introduces the subject to a non-specialist readership, while retaining intellectual integrity and relevance for specialists. Overall, the richness of the material presented in this volume reflects the ecological and cultural diversity of this vast and environmentally critical part of the globe. |
Contents
The geological development of the Arctic | 3 |
Glaciology | 27 |
Permafrost and hydrology | 57 |
Arctic oceanography sea ice and climate | 97 |
Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry | 117 |
The weather and climate of the Arctic | 143 |
Biomass productivity distributions | 163 |
Ecology of Arctic lakes and rivers | 197 |
Indigenous peoples selfdetermination and the Arctic | 377 |
The social anthropology of the Russian Far North | 411 |
Arctic geopolitics then and now | 441 |
The population of the circumpolar north | 459 |
The political economy of renewable resource management | 485 |
Ozone depletion and UVB radiation | 555 |
Local and transboundary pollution | 575 |
International cooperation in the Arctic environment | 601 |
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Page 619 - Emphasizing our responsibility to protect and preserve the Arctic environment and recognizing the special relationship of the indigenous peoples and local populations to the Arctic and their unique contribution to the protection of the Arctic Environment; Hereby adopt the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and commit ourselves to take steps towards its implementation and consider its further elaboration. We commit ourselves to a joint Action Plan of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy...