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Arctic alternatives [electronic resource] : civility or militarism in the circumpolar North / edited by Franklyn Griffiths.

Summary:

Papers, revised in 1990, presented at a conference in Toronto, 1988, concerning military, civil, scientific, technical, aboriginal and environmental issues in the Arctic.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781459718814 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 electronic text (x, 313 p.) : ill., digital file.
  • Publisher: Toronto [Ont.] : Science for Peace/Samuel Stevens, 1992

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General Note:
Papers, revised in 1990, presented at a conference in Toronto, 1988.
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part II Aboriginal priorities. Milirarization and the aboriginal peoples / Mary Simon -- Public health in the Circumpolar North / Jens Misfeldt -- Ethnoscience, prevailing science, and Arctic co-operation / Milton M.R. Freeman -- Inuit culture and international policy / Aqqaluk Lynge --
Part III Scientific, environmental, and technical issues. The pysical and biological environment / M.J. Dunbar -- Industrialization and its consequences / Terence Armstrong -- Co-operation in Arctic science : background and requirements / E.F. Roots -- Arctic pollution and the Greenhouse Effect / Anders Karlqvist and Jost Heintzenberg -- Knowledge requirements for ocean management / Anders Stigebrandt -- Perspectives on Arctic petroleum / Melvin A. Conant -- Ezperience in Arctic marine transportation / Aleksandr Arikaynen --
Part IV Arctic militarization and confidence-building. The Arctic as a maritime theatre / Steven E. Miller -- Ballistic missile defences, cruise missiles, air defences / David Cox -- Militarization and confidence-building measures in the Arctic / John Kristen Skogan -- Gorbachev's Mumansk initiative and confidence-building measures / Evgenia Issraelian -- Epilogue : Civiity in the Arctic / Franklyn Griffiths.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also available in print version.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Ecology > Arctic regions > Congresses.
Arctic regions > Strategic aspects > Congresses.
Arctic regions > International status > Congresses.
Genre: Electronic books.

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