The Challenge of Artic Shipping : Science, Environmental Assessment, and Human Values

David L. Vanderwaag and Cynthia Lamson (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0773507000 / ISBN 13: 9780773507005

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1990

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McGill-Queens, Montreal, 1990. Hard book. Book comndition : Very good to near fine, like new, unread. Clean copy. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #r009980.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Challenge of Artic Shipping : Science, Environmental Assessment, and Human Values
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773507000
• ISBN 13: 9780773507005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: N/A
• Edition: 1990
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 602 grams
• Signed: N/A

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Synopsis

The Challenge of Arctic Shipping presents a collection of candid essays on the future of Arctic waters. A number of distinguished contributors address critical issues in Arctic development examining the implications for both policy-making in the North and the impact of that policy on native people. The intricacies of decision-making in an atmosphere of uncertainty are explored in detail, as is the impact of access to information, influence, and power. The Challenge of Arctic Shipping also examines activities and events associated with commercial proposals to develop and transport hydrocarbons through environmentally sensitive waters. The editors observe that the resulting political maneuvering is evidence that new approaches to this and other problems of the North are needed.

From the Back Cover

In memory of Bruce G. Trigger

Series editors: John Borrows and Arthur J. Ray

The McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies series publishes books about Indigenous peoples in all parts of the northern world. It includes original scholarship on their histories, archaeology, laws, cultures, governance, and traditions. Works in the series also explore the history and geography of the North, where travel, the natural environment, and the relationship to land continue to shape life in particular and important ways. Its mandate is to advance understanding of the political, legal, and social relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, of the contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face as a result of environmental and economic change, and of social justice, including the work of reconciliation in Canada. To provide a global perspective, the series welcomes books on regions and communities from across the Arctic and Subarctic circumpolar zones.