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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Studies in the Circumpolar North ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 254 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785333163 178533316X |