ISBN:
9781844075492
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (312 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic
DDC:
304.20911/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This is the first comprehensive exploration of why human security is relevant to the Arctic and what achieving it can mean, covering the areas of health of the environment, identity of peoples, supply of traditional foods, community health, economic opportunities, and political stability. The traditional definition of security has already been actively employed in the Arctic region for decades, particularly in relation to natural resource sovereignty issues, but how and why should the human aspect be introduced? What can this region teach us about human security in the wider world? T
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: can we broaden our understanding of security in the Arctic?; Part I Differing conceptions of security in the Arctic; 2 Cold War legacies in Russia's Svalbard policy; 3 A new northern security: environmental degradation and risks, climate change, energy security, trans-nationalism and flows of globalization and governance
Description / Table of Contents:
4 Virtuous imperialism or a shared global objective? The relevance of human security in the global NorthPart II Environmental security; 5 The sustainability transition: governing coupled human/natural systems; 6 Arctic environmental security and abrupt climate change; 7 Climate change impacts, adaptation, and the technology interface; 8 Bridging the GAPS between ecology and human security; Part III Health security; 9 Telemedicine as a tool for improving human security; 10 Health and human security: communicable diseases in the post-Soviet Arctic
Description / Table of Contents:
Part IV Human security: women and indigenous groups11 Aboriginal self-determination and resource development activity: improving human security in the Canadian Arctic?; 12 Women's participation in decision making: human security in the Canadian Arctic; 13 Human security and women's security reality in Northwest Russia; 14 The political exclusion and commodification of women; 15 Conclusion: revisiting Arctic security; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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