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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Klaus Dodds (Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway University of London) , Jamie Woodward (Professor of Physical Geography, The University of Manchester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.150kg ISBN: 9780198819288ISBN 10: 0198819285 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 25 November 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Arctic world Chapter 2: The physical environment Chapter 3: Arctic ecosystems Chapter 4: Peoples of the Arctic Chapter 5: Exploration and exploitation Chapter 6: Arctic governance Chapter 7: The Arctic carbon vault Chapter 8: Arctic futuresReviewsThis book will be of significant use to students and publics new to the Arctic. The authors have achieved exactly what is suggested by the title: a short but detailed introduction to the Arctic. Accessible and concise but comprehensive, tackling both physical and human Arctic worlds, The Arctic is a strong and necessary addition to the Very Short Introduction series. * Alice Oats, The Polar Journal * This book is an excellent introduction to the region and will appeal to almost every geographer. * Robert A. Francis, Progress in Physical Geography (2022) * This book will be of significant use to students and publics new to the Arctic. The authors have achieved exactly what is suggested by the title: a short but detailed introduction to the Arctic. Accessible and concise but comprehensive, tackling both physical and human Arctic worlds, The Arctic is a strong and necessary addition to the Very Short Introduction series. * Alice Oats, The Polar Journal * Author InformationKlaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and Fellow of the Academic of Social Sciences. He is a Trustee of the Royal Geographical Society and a UK representative of the International Arctic Science Committee's Social and Human Working Group. He has travelled extensively around the Arctic and co-authored The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know, (with Mark Nuttall, OUP, 2019), as well as authoring The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2012), and Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2019, third edition). Between 2017-2020, he held a Major Research Fellowship (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) on the 'Global Arctic'. Jamie Woodward is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Manchester and a Fellow of the British Society for Geomorphology. His research explores how landscapes and people are impacted by environmental change from the Pleistocene ice age to the present day. He is the author of The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2014) and was a trustee of the Royal Geographical Society (2017-2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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