Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities : resource politics, migration, and climate change / edited by Robert W. Orttung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orttung, Robert W., editor.

Series:

Studies in the Circumpolar North ; volume 2.

Studies in the circumpolar north ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Russia, Northern.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban--Russia, Northern.

Sociology, Urban.

Energy industries--Social aspects.

Energy industries.

Climatic changes.

Social change.

Environmental conditions.

Population.

Russia, Northern--Population.

Russia, Northern.

Russia, Northern--Environmental conditions.

Social change--Russia, Northern.

Climatic changes--Russia, Northern.

Energy industries--Social aspects--Russia, Northern.

Ecology.

Northern Russia.

Physical Description:

xx, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Russia's Arctic Cities : Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change / Colin Reisser

The Arctic in Moscow / Elana Wilson Rowe

The Anna Karenina Principle : How to Diversify Monocities / Nadezhda Yu. Zamyatina and Alexander N. Pelyasov

Boom and Bust : Population Change in Russia's Arctic Cities / Timothy Heleniak

Assessing Social Sustainability : Immigration to Russia's Arctic Cities / Marlene Laruelle

The Russian North Connected : The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration / Gertrude Saxinger, Elena Nuykina, and Elisabeth Öfner

Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change / Oleg Anisimov and Vasily Kokorev

Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux : Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development / Scott R. Stephenson

All Fall Down? : Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost / Dmitry Streletskiy and Nikolay Shiklomanov

Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic / Jessica K. Graybill

Conclusion : Drivers of Change / Robert W. Orttung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities

ISBN:

9781785333156

1785333151

OCLC:

950446783