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The spectral arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration
McCorristine, Shane

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the…

Edition
-
ISBN/ISSN
9781787352450
Collation
326p. : ill
Series Title
-
Call Number
919.8 SHA s
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The North American Arctic : themes in regional security
Menezes, Dwayne RyanNicol, Heather N.

The North American Arctic addresses the emergence of a new security relationship within the North American North. It focuses on current and emerging security issues that confront the North American Arctic and that shape relationships between and with neighbouring states (Alaska in the US; Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada; Greenland and Russia).

Edition
Edition 11
ISBN/ISSN
9781787356610
Collation
xxix; ill; 390 p.
Series Title
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Call Number
355.033098 MEN t
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Smart Cities in Asia: regulations, problems, and development
Phan, ThanhDamian, Daniela

This open access book examines different aspects of smart cities, including technology, urban development, sustainable development, finance, and privacy and data protection. It also covers a wide range of jurisdictions in Asia-Pacific: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The book consists of two main parts. The first part includes general chapters that conceptualiz…

Edition
3
ISBN/ISSN
9789811917011
Collation
ix; 124p; ill.
Series Title
-
Call Number
307.12160951 SMA T
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Arcticness : power and voice from the North
Kelman, Ilan

Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests and needs of the peoples who live in the region? This volume explores the opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the changes, socially and physically. With essays by both academic…

Edition
-
ISBN/ISSN
9781787350137
Collation
xv, 204 p. ill;
Series Title
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Call Number
998 ARC I
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Indigenous peoples, natural resources and governance : agencies and interactions
Tennberg, MonicaBroderstad, Else GreteHernes, Hans-Kristian

This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing relationships between states, indigenous peoples and industries in the Arctic and beyond. It offers insights from Nordic countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia to present different systems of resource governance and practices of managing industry-indigenous peoples’ relations in the mining industry, renewable resour…

Edition
-
ISBN/ISSN
9781003131274
Collation
xiv, 216 p. : ill.
Series Title
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Call Number
333.2 TEN i