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

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 impetu...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 283 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Dec 2022).
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Table of 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.