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  • SIKU: Knowing Our Ice

    Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use

    Edited by Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, Gita J. Laidler, Lene Kielsen Holm ...
    By exploring indigenous people’s knowledge and use of sea ice, the SIKU project has demonstrated the power of multiple perspectives and introduced a new field of interdisciplinary research, the study of social (socio-cultural) aspects of the natural world, or what we call the social life of sea ice. It incorporates local terminologies and classifications, place names, personal stories, teachings, ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Area-Based Management of Shipping

    Canadian and Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Aldo Chircop, Floris Goerlandt, Ronald Pelot, Claudio Aporta ...
    This open access book fills a gap in the literature on shipping in a number of cross-cutting fields (including marine transportation law and policy, law of the sea, Indigenous rights, marine environmental management, and risk and safety studies). Moreover, the book includes a focus on the consideration of Indigenous rights in shipping, a topic of emerging importance.There are, to our knowledge, no ... Read more

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  • Governance of Arctic Shipping

    Rethinking Risk, Human Impacts and Regulation

    Edited by Aldo Chircop, Floris Goerlandt, Claudio Aporta, Ronald Pelot ...
    Series series Springer Polar Sciences
    This open access book is a result of the Dalhousie-led research project Safe Navigation and Environment Protection, supported by a grant from the Ocean Frontier Institute’s the Canada First Research Excellent Fund (CFREF). The book focuses on Arctic shipping and investigates how ocean change and anthropogenic impacts affect our understanding of risk, policy, management and regulation for safe ... Read more

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  • The World of the Seafarer

    Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry

    Edited by Victor Oyaro Gekara, Helen Sampson ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This open access book constitutes an ethnographic mosaic which depicts the contextual complexities of the life and work of seafarers who are employed in the international merchant cargo fleet. The collection is based upon the observations and interviews of researchers in multiple disciplines. It is woven together to offer a richly detailed insight into the ways in which a complex global industry ... Read more

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  • Polar Cousins

    Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures

    by Christian Leuprecht ...
    Series series Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
    Geopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world’s polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges for governance, environmental protection, and maritime ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • International Cooperation and Arctic Governance

    Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building

    Edited by Olav Schram Stokke, Geir Hønneland ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    A new exploration of the impacts of Arctic regimes in such vital areas as pollution, biodiversity, indigenous affairs, health and climate change.The post-Cold War era has seen an upsurge in interest in Arctic affairs. With new international regimes targeting Arctic issues at both the global and regional levels, the Northern areas seem set to play an increasingly prominent role in the domestic and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Nature of Data

    Infrastructures, Environments, Politics

    Edited by Jenny Goldstein, Eric Nost ...
    When we look at some of the most pressing issues in environmental politics today, it is hard to avoid data technologies. Big data, artificial intelligence, and data dashboards all promise “revolutionary” advances in the speed and scale at which governments, corporations, conservationists, and even individuals can respond to environmental challenges.By bringing together scholars from geography, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Climate Change and Adaptation Planning for Ports

    Edited by Adolf K. Y. Ng, Austin Becker, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-Ling Chen, Paul Earl, Zaili Yang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis
    As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around the world, both positively and negatively. This book addresses the need for quality theoretical analysis, highly ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Shipping and Ports in the Twenty-first Century

    Edited by David Pinder, Brian Slack ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Maritime Research
    Shipping and port systems are vital to societies and lifestyles around the world. In the late twentieth century, however, assumptions concerning the robustness of these systems were severely shaken by economic shocks triggered by oil crises. This volume explores how many of the consequent uncertainties have been resolved, and how adapted systems ha ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Post-Disaster Governance in Southeast Asia

    Response, Recovery, and Resilient Societies

    Edited by Andri N.R. Mardiah, Robert B. Olshansky, Mizan B.F. Bisri ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims to provide insight into how Southeast Asian countries have responded to disasters, recovered, and rebuilt. It investigates emergency response and disaster recovery cases at national levels and from regional perspectives. Recovery from great disasters poses great challenges to affected countries in terms of organization, financing, and opportunities for post-disaster betterment. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions

    Promoting Environmental and Social Sustainability?

    Edited by Michael Luck, Patrick T. Maher, Emma J. Stewart ...
    Cruises are the primary form of tourism in the Polar Regions and cruise ship tourism in both the Arctic and Antarctic is expanding rapidly. The industry has moved beyond its infancy, and is now entering a maturing phase with increased numbers and types of vessels, more demanding routes, and more regular and predictable patterns of activity. The increase in cruise activities, and the associated ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Blue Governance in the Arctic and Antarctic

    Private Fisheries Certification and the Law of the Sea

    by Geir Hønneland ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses to what extent the precautionary approach to fisheries management is reflected in the MSC Fisheries Standard and in the certification of four clusters of fisheries in polar waters. Certification according to private sustainability standards (ecolabelling) has become an important addition to public fisheries management in recent years. The major global ecolabel in terms of ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD