This is the first comprehensive exploration of why human security is relevant to the Arctic and what achieving it can mean, covering the areas of health of the environment, identity of peoples, supply of traditional foods, community health, economic opportunities, and political stability. The traditional definition of security has already been actively employed in the Arctic region for decades, particularly in relation to natural resource sovereignty issues, but how and why should the human aspect be introduced? What can this region teach us about human security in the wider world?
The book reviews the potential threats to security, putting them in an analytical framework and indicating a clear path for solutions.
Contributions come from natural, social and humanities scientists, hailing from Canada, Russia, Finland and Norway.
Environmental Change and Human Security in the Arctic is an essential resource for policy-makers, community groups, researchers and students working in the field of human security, particularly for those in the Arctic regions.
Edited by:
Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv (University of Tromsø Norway),
Dawn Bazely (University of York,
Toronto,
Canada),
Marina Goloviznina,
Andrew Tanentzap
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781844075492
ISBN 10: 1844075494
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 04 October 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword: Remarks by former Canadian Ambassador to Norway, Shirley Wolff Serafini at the Human Security in the Arctic Seminar (May 2004) 1. Introduction: Can we broaden our understanding of security in the Arctic? PART 1: Differing Conceptions of Security in the Arctic 2. Cold War legacies in Russia’s Svalbard policy 3. A new northern security: Environmental degradation and risks, climate change, energy security, trans-nationalism and flows of globalization and governance 4. Virtuous imperialism or a shared global objective?: The relevance of human security in the global North PART 2: Environmental Security 5. The sustainability transition: Governing coupled human/natural systems 6. Arctic environmental security and abrupt climate change 7. Climate change impacts, adaptation, and the technology interface 8. Bridging the GAPS between ecology and human security PART 3: Health Security 9. Telemedicine as a tool for improving human security 10. Health and human security: Communicable diseases in the post-Soviet Arctic PART 4: Human Security: Women and Indigenous Groups 11. Aboriginal self-determination and resource development activity: improving human security in the Canadian Arctic? 12. Women’s participation in decision making: human security in the Canadian Arctic 13. Human security and women’s security reality in Northwest Russia 14. The political exclusion and commodification of women 15. Conclusion: Revisiting Arctic security
Gunhild Hoogensen is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Tromso, Norway. Dawn Bazely is Associate Professor in Biology and Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability at York University, Canada.
Reviews for Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic
"""Environmental and human security in the Arctic opens up and presents many timely and important issues that solidify the non-military approach to security"". - Nikolas Sellheim, University of Lapland, Finland"
