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The High North: Between Geography and Politics
Ryszard M. Czarny
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Description for The High North: Between Geography and Politics
hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
This book deals with the transformation of the Arctic from an isolated or a distant region to a member of the global community, vulnerable to global changes, and an area frequently in the very center of the world’s attention. Increased global interest is a potential source of tensions between the need for exploration or exploitation, and the requirements of protection. This context calls for new data, knowledge and information vital for a better understanding of interactions between different systems, as well as developing awareness about the current and potential changes in the future. The objective of the book is to help ... Read more
This book deals with the transformation of the Arctic from an isolated or a distant region to a member of the global community, vulnerable to global changes, and an area frequently in the very center of the world’s attention. Increased global interest is a potential source of tensions between the need for exploration or exploitation, and the requirements of protection. This context calls for new data, knowledge and information vital for a better understanding of interactions between different systems, as well as developing awareness about the current and potential changes in the future. The objective of the book is to help ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319216614
SKU
V9783319216614
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About Ryszard M. Czarny
Professor Ryszard Michał CZARNY [tscharni], expert in Scandinavian issues, lawyer, political scientist, researching political and economic conditions of the cooperation among the North European States. Full Professor of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland) and since 2012 Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava (Slovakia). Author of many publications, including major works ... Read more
Reviews for The High North: Between Geography and Politics
“This examination of the European High North and the Arctic region addresses emerging challenges and opportunities in the face of a rapidly changing climate, an increase in extractive industries, international geopolitics, and regional security interests. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (R. A. Delgado Jr., Choice, Vol. 53 (7), March, 2016)