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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE ARCTIC: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. By E. CARINA H. KESKITALO. London: Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-528-7. xi + 254 p., b&w illus., notes, references, index. Hardbound. US$70.00.
It is widely accepted that climate change is occurring in the Arctic, with implications for individuals, businesses, communities, and governments. Climate change does not operate in isolation, but in the context of ongoing--and often more pronounced--changes in social, economic, technological, and political conditions. Many of these changes are driven by global forces over which small Arctic communities and national governments have limited control. Climate Change and Globalization in the Arctic by Carina Keskitalo examines how these two fundamental challenges will determine the vulnerability of communities dependent upon fishing, reindeer herding, and forestry to changing climatic conditions, focusing on the European Arctic. The book highlights the complex, multidimensional pathways through which global change is experienced locally; it is an important contribution to the literature on how socio-ecological systems experience and manage change.
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