Sustaining Russia's Arctic Cities: Resource Politics, Migration, and Climate Change

Published by Berghahn Books 2016

Sustaining Russia's Arctic Cities

Resource Politics, Migration, and Climate Change

Edited by: Robert W. Orttung

Volume 2 in the series Studies in the Circumpolar North

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785333163

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

“The contributions to the edited collection… overall provide an effective introduction to some of the key issues facing Russia’s Arctic urban regions over the short- to medium-term. They also provide a useful framework for further work focusing on the area. Orttung’s afterword makes it clear that the region’s future remains uncertain and thus presents an ongoing concern for Russia as well as the global community.” • Slavic Review

“Russia's Arctic Cities are definitely understudied, as are Arctic urban studies in general. Therefore the focus of this volume is timely and well chosen.” • Florian Stammer, University of Lapland

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XII
Chapter 1. Russia’s Arctic Cities: Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change Colin Reisser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I. Decision Making
Chapter 2. The Arctic in Moscow Elana Wilson Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. The Anna Karenina Principle: How to Diversify Monocities Nadezhda Yu. Zamyatina and Alexander N. Pelyasov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Section II. Migration Trends in Russian Arctic Cities
Chapter 4. Boom and Bust: Population Change in Russia’s Arctic Cities Timothy Heleniak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 5. Assessing Social Sustainability: Immigration to Russia’s Arctic Cities Marlene Laruelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter 6. The Russian North Connected: The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration Gertrude Saxinger, Elena Nuykina and Elisabeth Ö Öfner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Section III. Climate Change
Chapter 7. Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change Oleg Anisimov and Vasily Kokorev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 8. Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux: Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development Scott R. Stephenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter 9. Russian Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost Dmitry Streletskiy and Nikolay Shiklomanov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter 10. Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic Jessica K. Graybill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Drivers of Change Robert W. Orttung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 274
Keywords: Urban Studies; Political and Economic Anthropology; Refugee and Migration Studies

eBook

Published: November 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781785333163