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‘Sustainability’ is a major concern in the North, given the rapid environmental and social (including political, economic and cultural) changes the region is undergoing. Yet the definition of what sustainability is, and how it might be achieved, are still much debated. Where one is located, both geographically and socially, influences how one perceives ‘sustainability’. This volume addresses various facets of northern sustainability in a variety of places across the Circumpolar North and from a variety of perspectives, thus contributing to our understandings of the multiple dimensions of sustainability in the arctic and sub-arctic regions of the world.
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Fondahl, G., Wilson, G.N. (2017). Exploring Sustainabilities in the Circumpolar North. In: Fondahl, G., Wilson, G. (eds) Northern Sustainabilities: Understanding and Addressing Change in the Circumpolar World. Springer Polar Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2_1
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