Binding: Paperback
Description: Very Short Introductions: Brilliant Sharp Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming melting and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state - change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others the disappearance of sea ice makes the Arctic appear more accessible and less remote. This also brings with it dangers such as the prospect of a new era of great power rivalries involving China Russia and the United States. Submarine and long - range bomber patrolling are now commonplace. New terms such as 'global Arctic are being used to capture the dynamic of change while others muse about the 'return of a Cold War'. The reality is inevitably more complex. The physical geography of the Arctic is highly varied and variable. Environmental change brings opportunities for indigenous and non - indigenous life - forms to survive and even thrive. The Arctic's four million people are not helpless pawns in a game of global geopolitics. The Arctic is not only a resource hotspot but also a place where sustainable energy systems are being introduced. A warming Arctic with less ice and permafrost is not unique in the longer history of the Earth either. The Arctic is a complex space. In this Very Short Introduction Klaus Dodds and Jamie Woodward consider the major dimensions of the region and the linkages beyond - from the geopolitical to the environmental. They examine the causes drivers and effects of cultural physical political and economic change and ponder the future of the Arctic. As they show it is a future which will affect us all. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: The Arctic: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Woodward Jamie (Professor Of Physical Geography The University Of Manchester)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198819288
Pages: 192 Pages, 31 Black And White Images
Publication Date: 2/1/2022
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Sustainability