Orttung Sustaining Russia's Arctic Cities

Resource Politics, Migration, and Climate Change
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-316-3
Verlag: Berghahn
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 274 Seiten, Mobipocket Unencrypted

Reihe: Studies in the Circumpolar North

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orttung, Robert W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Tables

Preface

Robert W. Orttung

Acknowledgements



Chapter 1. Russia's Arctic Cities: Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change

Colin Reisser

SECTION I: DECISION-MAKING

Chapter 2. The Arctic in Moscow

Elana Wilson Rowe

Chapter 3. The Anna Karenina Principle: How to Diversify Monocities

Nadezhda Yu. Zamyatina and Alexander N. Pelyasov

SECTION II: MIGRATION TRENDS IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC CITIES

Chapter 4. Boom and Bust: Population Change in Russia's Arctic Cities

Timothy Heleniak

Chapter 5. Assessing Social Sustainability: Immigration to Russia's Arctic Cities

Marlene Laruelle

Chapter 6. The Russian North Connected: The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration

Gertrude Saxinger, Elena Nuykina, and Elisabeth Öfner

SECTION III: CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 7. Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change

Oleg Anisimov and Vasily Kokorev

Chapter 8. Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux: Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development

Scott R. Stephenson

Chapter 9. All Fall Down? Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost

Dmitry Streletskiy and Nikolay Shiklomanov

Chapter 10. Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic

Jessica K. Graybill

Chapter 11. Conclusion: Drivers of Change

Robert W. Orttung

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Orttung, Robert W.
Robert W. Orttung is Research Director at the George Washington University Sustainability Collaborative and Associate Research Professor of International Affairs. He is the author or editor of numerous books about Russian politics and energy policy.