The High North: Between Geography and Politics

Czarny, Ryszard M.

This book deals with the transformation of the Arctic from an isolated or a distant region to a member of the global community, vulnerable to global changes, and an area frequently in the very center of the world’s attention. Increased global interest is a potential source of tensions between the need for exploration or exploitation, and the requirements of protection. This context calls for new data, knowledge and information vital for a better understanding of interactions between different systems, as well as developing awareness about the current and potential changes in the future. The objective of the book is to help develop a strategy of adaptation to climate change based on the knowledge and experience of the extremely effective mechanisms which for centuries made survival possible in this region.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2015-08-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319216614

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21662-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 244