Title North by 2020 : perspectives on Alaska's changing social-ecological systems / edited by Amy Lauren Lovecraft and Hajo Eicken

Published Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 736 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) Contents Foreword; Preface; 1. A Holistic Approach for a Changing North; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Transdisciplinary Collaboration in the Fourth International Polar Year: Connecting Studies of Arctic Change across the Sciences and the Arts; 1.3 Scenarios as a Tool to Understand and Respond to Change; 1.4 Contextualizing Alaska's Climate Change from Global to Local Scales: The Boreal Forest, People, and Wildfire; 2. Indigenous Knowledge, Climate Change, and Sustainability; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Anchorage Declaration; 2.3 My Place, My Identity 2.4 A Changing Sense of Place: Climate and Native Well-Being2.5 Values of Nushagak Bay: Past, Present, and Future; 2.6 Food Systems, Environmental Change, and CommunityNeeds in Rural Alaska; 2.7 Indigenous Knowledge and Global Environmental Politics: Biodiversity, POPs, and Climate; 2.8 Indigenous Contributions to Sustainability; 2.9 Climate Change and Creative Expression; 3. Alaska's Freshwater Resources; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Alaska Freshwater Policy Development since Statehood; 3.3 The State of Water Science; 3.4 The Role of Fresh Water in Alaska's Communities; 3.5 Planning for Change 4. The Arctic Coastal Margin4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Physical Environment of Alaska's Coasts; 4.3 Humans in the Coastal Zone of the Circumpolar North; 4.4 Case 1: Newtok, the First Village in Alaska to Relocate Due to Climate Change; 4.5 Case 2: Flood Waters, Politics, and Relocating Home: One Story of Shishmaref, Alaska; 4.6 Case 3: Finding Ways to Move: The Challenges of Relocation in Kivalina, Northwest Alaska; 4.7 Case 4: Current Situations and Future Possibilities: Issues of Coastal Erosion in Kaktovik, Alaska; 4.8 Case Studies: Summary, Conclusions, and Prospects 4.9 The Arctic Coastal System: An Interplay of Components Human, Industrial, and Natural5. Management of Living Marine Resources; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marine Fisheries off Alaska; 5.3 Climate Change Brings Uncertain Future for Subarctic Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries; 5.4 Conservation of Marine Mammals in Alaska: The Value of Policy Histories for Understanding Contemporary Change; 5.5 Addressing Rural Livelihood and Community Well-Being in Alaska's Fisheries; 5.6 Tracking Changes in Coastal-Community Subsistence to Improve Understanding of Arctic Climate Change 6. Marine Infrastructure and Transportation6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Historical Perspective on the United States Coast Guard Presence in the Arctic; 6.3 The Arctic: A Growing Search-and-Rescue Challenge; 6.4 Traffic Management in the Bering Strait; 6.5 The Effect of Unregulated Ship Emissions on Aerosol and Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations in Southwestern Alaska; 6.6 Strengthening Institutions for Stakeholder Involvement and Ecosystem-Based Management in the US Arctic Offshore; 6.7 Futures of Arctic Marine Transport 2030: An Explorative Scenario Approach Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject International Polar Year, 2007-2008 -- Congresses Research -- Polar regions -- Congresses Climatic changes -- Detection -- Polar regions -- Congresses SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. Climatic changes -- Detection Ecology Research SUBJECT Polar regions -- Research -- Congresses Arctic regions -- Research -- Congresses Antarctica -- Research -- Congresses Polar regions -- Environmental conditions -- Congresses Subject Antarctica Arctic Regions Polar regions Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Lovecraft, Amy Lauren. Eicken, Hajo. ISBN 9781602231436 1602231435

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