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Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities : resource politics, migration, and climate change /

Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy product...

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Group Author: Orttung, Robert W
Published: Berghahn Books,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in the circumpolar north ; volume 2
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Russia, Northern
Sociology, Urban > Russia, Northern
Social change > Russia, Northern
Climatic changes > Russia, Northern
Energy industries > Social aspects > Russia, Northern
Russia, Northern > Population
Russia, Northern > Environmental conditions
Summary: Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy production drives a boom-bust cycle in the Arctic economy, explores how migrants from Muslim cultures are reshaping the social fabric of northern cities, and provides a detailed analysis of climate change and its impact on urban and industrial infrastructure.
Carrier Form: xx, 254 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781785333156 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1785333151 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781785333163 (ebook)
178533316X (ebook)
Index Number: HT145
CLC: C912.81
D751.269
Call Number: D751.269/S964

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