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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nuttall, Mark, editor.

Christensen, Torben R., editor.

Siegert, Martin J., editor.

Taylor & Francis.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental conditions.

Polar regions--Environmental conditions.

Polar regions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 pages) : 122 illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions is an authoritative guide to the Arctic and the Antarctic through an exploration of key areas of research in the physical and natural sciences and the social sciences and humanities. It presents 38 new and original contributions from leading figures and voices in polar research, policy and practice, as well as work from emerging scholars.This handbook aims to approach and understand the Polar Regions as places that are at the forefront of global conversations about some of the most pressing contemporary issues and research questions of our age. The volume provides a discussion of the similarities and differences between the two regions to help deepen understanding and knowledge. Major themes and issues are integrated in the comprehensive introduction chapter by the editors, who are top researchers in their respective fields. The contributions show how polar researchers engage with contemporary debates and use interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to address new developments as well as map out exciting trajectories for future work in the Arctic and the Antarctic.The handbook provides an easy access to key items of scholarly literature and material otherwise inaccessible or scattered throughout a variety of specialist journals and books. A unique one-stop research resource for researchers and policymakers with an interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, it is also a comprehensive reference work for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Contents:

part, PART I: Circumpolar worlds

chapter Introduction: locating the Polar Regions / Mark Nuttall Torben R. Christensen Martin J. Siegert

chapter 1 Exploring and mapping the Arctic: histories of discovery and knowledge

chapter 2 Exploring and mapping the Antarctic: histories of discovery and knowledge / Ursula Rack

chapter 3 The Arctic in literature and the popular imagination / Heidi Hansson

chapter 4 The Antarctic in literature and the popular imagination / Elizabeth Leane

chapter 5 Self-determination and indigenous governance in the Arctic / Mark Nuttall

chapter 6 Indigenous cartographies of Arctic places and spaces / Kaitlin Young

chapter 7 Circumpolar health and well-being / Helle Møller

chapter 8 Education in the Arctic: trends, challenges and possibilities / Andrew Hodgkins

chapter 9 Historical sites and heritage in the Polar Regions / Dag Avango

part, PART II Polar environments

chapter 10 Biodiversity in the Polar Regions in a warming world / Hans Meltofte

chapter 11 Geological histories of polar environments / Tom A. Jordan

chapter 12 Polar oceans and their global signicance / Rory Bingham

chapter 13 Polar sea ice as a barometer and driver of change / Jeremy Wilkinson Julienne Stroeve

chapter 14 The current health of polar ice sheets and implications for sea level Mal McMillan

chapter 15 Polar climate and evidence for anthropogenically-driven climate change / Gareth Marshall

chapter 16 Post Last Glacial Maximum processes in the Polar Regions / Pippa Whitehouse

chapter 17 Biogeochemical cycling in glacial environments / Elizabeth A. Bagshaw

chapter 18 Permafrost dynamics / Margareta Johansson

chapter 19 Polar feedbacks in a changing climate / Richard Hodgkins

part, PART III: Polar politics and resource futures

chapter 20 The Antarctic Treaty, territorial claims and a continent for science / Klaus Dodds

chapter 21 The Polar Regions and the law of the sea: current controversies / Donald R. Rothwell

chapter 22 The Arctic Council: an intergovernmental forum facing constraints and utilizing opportunities / Timo Koivurova

chapter 23 National Antarctic programmes: the politics-science interface / Anita Dey Nuttall

chapter 24 Sustainable development and sustainability in Arctic political discourses / Birger Poppel

chapter 25 Indigeneity, sovereignty, and Arctic indigenous internationalism / Jessica M. Shadian

chapter 26 Geopolitics and security in the Arctic / Andreas Østhagen

chapter 27 Polar tourism: status, trends, futures / Emma J. Stewart Daniela Liggett

chapter 28 Consulting Arctic energy: from political hearings to roundtable events / Arthur Mason

chapter 29 Social and environmental impact assessments in the Arctic / Anne Merrild Hansen Sanne Vammen Larsen Bram Noble

chapter 30 Northern sheries / Alf Håkon Hoel

chapter 31 The future of Antarctica: minerals, bioprospecting, and sheries / Sanjay Chaturvedi

chapter 32 Conservation and environmental governance in the Polar Regions / Mark Nuttall

part, PART IV Polar scientific frontiers

chapter 33 Technology and the discovery of Antarctic subglacial landscapes / Martin J. Siegert

chapter 34 Sediment and ice cores (past polar climates) / Robert McKay

chapter 35 Subglacial access and investigation / Keith Makinson

chapter 36 Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry / Sheila Kirkwood

chapter 37 Ocean-land interactions and the Arctic carbon cycle / Frans-Jan W. Parmentier

chapter 38 Back to the future: detecting past Arctic environmental change and investing in future observations / Terry V. Callaghan Margareta Johansson Nadya Matveyeva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315730639

OCLC:

1046085195

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.