Social and Environmental Impacts in the North: Methods in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Large-Scale Environmental Dynamics....Pages 3-6
Co 2 -Release from Permafrost Soils in Relation to Temperature Changes....Pages 7-24
The Kara-Barents Sea Shelf and Its Provinces....Pages 25-34
Industrial Development and Wildlife in Arctic Ecosystems....Pages 35-56
Integrated Approach for Assessment of Polluted Areas....Pages 57-66
Methodologies for Remote Sensing of The Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activity in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic....Pages 67-88
Oil and Gas Development in the North Sea....Pages 89-100
Forest Management and Biodiversity....Pages 101-116
Radioecological Assessment of Forest Ecosystems After Nuclear Accidents....Pages 117-128
Environment and Security:....Pages 129-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Local Environmental Dynamics....Pages 151-158
Long-Term Tundra Disturbances: Successful Colonizers....Pages 159-171
Long-Term Evaluation of Methods For Rehabilitation of Lands Disturbed by Industrial Development in the Arctic....Pages 173-190
Ecological Approach to Rehabilitation of Lands Subjected to Air Pollution in the Kola Peninsula....Pages 191-205
Vegetation Responses to Anthropogenic Disturbance....Pages 207-223
Restoration and Recultivation....Pages 225-234
Succession on Disturbed Habitats....Pages 235-242
Vegetation Cover Monitoring....Pages 243-255
Response of Plant Cover of Tundra Ecosystems to Oil-and-Gas Extraction Development....Pages 257-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Large-Scale Economic and Social Dynamics....Pages 275-280
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Planning for the Impacts of Megaprojects....Pages 281-302
Labor Market Perspectives on Resource Development....Pages 303-317
Macroeconomic Analysis of the Open Trade Economy and the Greenland Economy....Pages 319-336
Mining Activities: The Human Working Environment....Pages 337-352
Abandoned Mining Exploration Equipment in Nunavik....Pages 353-367
Regional Climate Change and Adaptation Capacity....Pages 369-383
Nuclear Risk and Vulnerability....Pages 385-405
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Local Social and Cultural Dynamics....Pages 409-413
Tourism Impacts....Pages 415-423
Impacts on Indigenous Populations....Pages 425-435
Social Capital and Community Capacity Building....Pages 437-447
Surviving in the Oil Age....Pages 449-461
Methods for Native Land Use and Occupancy (Luo) Research....Pages 463-478
Methodology of Social Impact Follow-Up Modeling....Pages 479-489
Community Involvement....Pages 491-512
Back Matter....Pages 510-526