The Routledge handbook of the polar regions / edited by Mark Nuttall, Torben R. Christensen and Martin J. Siegert.

Other author Nuttall, Mark.
Other author Christensen, Torben R.
Other author Siegert, Martin J.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, [2018]
Descriptionxxiii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects
Polar regions.
Polar regions--Environmental conditions.

Portion of title Handbook of the polar regions
Contents Introduction : locating the polar regions / Mark Nuttall, Torben R. Christensen and Martin J. Siegert -- Exploring and mapping the Arctic : histories of discovery and knowledge / John McCannon -- Exploring and mapping the Antarctic : histories of discovery and knowledge / Ursula Rack -- The Arctic in literature and the popular imagination / Heidi Hansson -- The Antarctic in literature and the popular imagination / Elizabeth Leane -- Self-determination and indigenous governance in the Arctic / Mark Nuttall -- Indigenous cartographies of Arctic spaces and places / Kaitlin Young -- Circumpolar health and well-being / Helle M©ıller -- Education in the Arctic : trends, challenges and possibilities / Andrew Hodgkins -- Historical sites and heritage in the polar regions / Dag Avango -- Biodiversity in the polar regions in a warming world / Hans Meltofte -- The geological histories of polar environments / Tom Jordan -- Polar oceans and their global significance / Rory Bingham -- Polar sea ice as a barometer and driver of change / Jeremy Wilkinson and Julienne Stroeve -- The current health of polar ice sheets and implications for sea level / Mal McMillan -- Polar climatology and evidence for global warming / Gareth Marshall -- Post last glacial maximum processes in the polar regions / Pippa Whitehouse -- Biogeochemical cycling in glacial environments / Elizabeth A. Bagshaw -- Permafrost dynamics / Margareta Johansson -- Polar feedbacks in a changing climate / Richard Hodgkins -- The Antarctic Treaty, territorial claims and a continent for science / Klaus Dodds -- The polar regions and the law of the sea / Donald R. Rothwell -- The Arctic Council : governance and international relations / Timo Koivurova -- National Antarctic programmes : the politics-science interface / Anita Dey Nuttall -- Sustainable development and sustainability in Arctic political discourses / Birger Poppel -- Indigeneity, sovereignty and Arctic indigenous internationalism / Jessica Shadian -- Geopolitics and security in the Arctic / Andreas ©˜sthagen -- Polar tourism : status, trends, futures / Emma J. Stewart and Daniela Liggett -- Consulting Arctic energy : from political hearings to roundtable events / Arthur Mason -- Social and environmental impact assessments in the Arctic / Anne Merrild Hansen, Sanne Vamme Larsen and Bram Noble -- Northern fisheries / Alf H©Ækon Hoel -- The future of Antarctica : minerals, bioprospecting and fisheries / Sanjay Chaturvedi -- Conservation and environmental governance in the polar regions / Mark Nuttall -- Polar technology and scientific discovery : exploring the great ice sheets through geophysics / Martin J. Siegert -- Looking into the past : ice and sediment cores / Robert McKay -- Subglacial access and investigation / Keith Makinson -- Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry / Sheila Kirkwood -- Ocean-land interactions and the Arctic carbon cycle / Frans-Jan Parmentier -- Back to the future : detecting past Arctic change and investing in future observations / Terry V. Callaghan, Margareta Johansson and Nadya Matveyeva.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018027976
ISBN9781138843998 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9781315730639 (ebook)
ISBNebook

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