Bennett – The Political Geography and Geology of a Melting Arctic – Osteuropa-Reihe 2020

"Development on ice: The Political Geography and Geology of a Melting Arctic" - Ein Vortrag von Mia M. Bennett (University of Hong Kong), aufgenommen am 08. Oktober 2020

With climate change melting away the Arctic ice cap, multinational corporations, national governments, and indigenous corporations all see opportunities for development. More than geophysical factors, however, are motivating the drive to develop resources and infrastructure in the region. In this talk, Mia Bennett will explain how​ from Siberia to northern Canada, despite the importance of environmental factors, development remains politically and economically conditioned, locally negotiated, and cyclical rather than linear.

Eine Veranstaltung der Schweizerischen Osteuropabibliothek SOB und des Geografischen Instituts GIUB im Rahmen der Reihe "Ökologische Transformationen. Osteuropa im globalen Umweltwandel / Ecological Transformations. Eastern Europe and Global Environmental Change", Herbstsemester 2020.