Resource extraction and arctic communities : the new extractivist paradigm / edited by Sverker Sörlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sörlin, Sverker, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arctic regions--Economic conditions.

Arctic regions.

Natural resources--Arctic regions.

Natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

For decades, a post-Cold War narrative heralded a 'new Arctic', with melting ice and snow and accessible resources that would build sustainable communities. Today, large parts of the Arctic are still trapped in the path dependencies of past resource extraction. At the same time, the impetus for green transitions and a 'new industrialism' spell opportunities to shift the development model and build new futures for Arctic residents and Indigenous peoples. This book examines the growing Arctic resource dilemma. It explores the 'new extractivist paradigm' that posits transitioning the region's long-standing role of delivering minerals, fossil energy, and marine resources to one providing rare earth elements, renewable power, wilderness tourism, and scientific knowledge about climate change. With chapters from a global, interdisciplinary team of researchers, new opportunities and their implications for Arctic communities and landscapes are discussed, alongside the pressures and uncertainties in a region under geopolitical and environmental stress.

Contents:

The extractivist paradigm : arctic resources and the planetary mine / Sverker Sörlin

Patterns of artic extractivism : past and present /Sverker Sörlin, Brigt Dale, Arn Keeling, Joan Nymand Larsen

Extraction cultures in Svalbard : from mining coal to mining knowledge and memories / Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Zdenka Sokolíčková.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Dec 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009118330

1009118331

9781009117999

1009117998

9781009110044

1009110047

OCLC:

1359047869

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access