Social and environmental impacts in the North : methods in evaluation of socio-economic and environmental consequences of mining and energy production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Apatity, Russia, from

Future development in the Arctic and Subarctic region requires careful attention to the possible consequences of the development activities themselves, in relation to their environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts. A more thorough understanding of the impact of future activities, however, demands the dissemination and confrontation of results from different regions and different scientific traditions. This requires scientific cooperation, not only across disciplines but across border. Primarily it requires both consensus and innovations in regard to methods. This book confronts such differences in approaches and methods in relation to the analysis of socioeconomic and environmental consequences of large-scale mineral and energy development activities in the Arctic and Subarctic, establishing the common ground upon which future research activities can be based. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Large-Scale Environmental Dynamics....Pages 3-6 Co 2 -Release from Permafrost Soils in Relation to Temperature Changes....Pages 7-24 The Kara-Barents Sea Shelf and Its Provinces....Pages 25-34 Industrial Development and Wildlife in Arctic Ecosystems....Pages 35-56 Integrated Approach for Assessment of Polluted Areas....Pages 57-66 Methodologies for Remote Sensing of The Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activity in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic....Pages 67-88 Oil and Gas Development in the North Sea....Pages 89-100 Forest Management and Biodiversity....Pages 101-116 Radioecological Assessment of Forest Ecosystems After Nuclear Accidents....Pages 117-128 Environment and Security:....Pages 129-148 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Local Environmental Dynamics....Pages 151-158 Long-Term Tundra Disturbances: Successful Colonizers....Pages 159-171 Long-Term Evaluation of Methods For Rehabilitation of Lands Disturbed by Industrial Development in the Arctic....Pages 173-190 Ecological Approach to Rehabilitation of Lands Subjected to Air Pollution in the Kola Peninsula....Pages 191-205 Vegetation Responses to Anthropogenic Disturbance....Pages 207-223 Restoration and Recultivation....Pages 225-234 Succession on Disturbed Habitats....Pages 235-242 Vegetation Cover Monitoring....Pages 243-255 Response of Plant Cover of Tundra Ecosystems to Oil-and-Gas Extraction Development....Pages 257-272 Front Matter....Pages 273-273 Large-Scale Economic and Social Dynamics....Pages 275-280 Front Matter....Pages 273-273 Planning for the Impacts of Megaprojects....Pages 281-302 Labor Market Perspectives on Resource Development....Pages 303-317 Macroeconomic Analysis of the Open Trade Economy and the Greenland Economy....Pages 319-336 Mining Activities: The Human Working Environment....Pages 337-352 Abandoned Mining Exploration Equipment in Nunavik....Pages 353-367 Regional Climate Change and Adaptation Capacity....Pages 369-383 Nuclear Risk and Vulnerability....Pages 385-405 Front Matter....Pages 407-407 Local Social and Cultural Dynamics....Pages 409-413 Tourism Impacts....Pages 415-423 Impacts on Indigenous Populations....Pages 425-435 Social Capital and Community Capacity Building....Pages 437-447 Surviving in the Oil Age....Pages 449-461 Methods for Native Land Use and Occupancy (Luo) Research....Pages 463-478 Methodology of Social Impact Follow-Up Modeling....Pages 479-489 Community Involvement....Pages 491-512 Back Matter....Pages 510-526 From a perception of the Arctic environment as unspoiled and inexhaustible, the consequences of trans boundary contaminants and resource exploitation has become of increasing concern.