North by 2020

Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems

736 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on the most important linked social-ecological systems, including fresh water, marine resources, and oil and gas development, this volume explores opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of perspectives, among them social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and the arts. Individual chapters highlight expressions of climate change in dance, music, and film, as well as from an indigenous knowledge-based perspective.

• Reihe: University of Alaska Press
• ISBN: 9781602231429
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2011
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado
• Herausgegeben von: Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Hajo Eicken