Author : Klaus Dodds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198819285
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Arctic: a Very Short Introduction by : Klaus Dodds
Download or read book The Arctic: a Very Short Introduction written by Klaus Dodds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arctic: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of the Arctic, its physical environment, and its people. The Arctic is demanding global attention as it warms, melts, and thaws in a manner that threatens not just its 4 million inhabitants, but the whole planet. The reduction of the Arctic to its changing environment would ignore the complexities of the region and its potential. This VSI explores key issues facing the region today, from geopolitics to global warming. It examines the causes and effects of cultural, physical, ecological, political, and economic change in the Arctic, and considers its uncertain future"--