North by 2020 Book Launch

Join the official book launch for North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems (UA Press, 2011). The event will be held on Wednesday, December 14 at 7:00 PM at UAF's Geophysical Institute Globe Room (215 Elvey Building). North by 2020 was edited by Amy Lauren Lovecraft, associate professor of political science at UAF and Hajo Eicken, IARC researcher and professor of geophysics at UAF. The event will also be webcast at http://stream.iarc.uaf.edu.

Originating from different activities that were part of the University of Alaska’s contribution to the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the rapid transformation of the Arctic and its impacts on people and ecosystems. Close to a hundred contributors with a broad range of backgrounds examine Arctic change from an Alaska perspective, providing insight into different approaches of evaluating and preparing for environmental and socio-economic change. Thanks to its coverage of important social-ecological systems and processes, including fresh water, marine resources, the coasts, and oil and gas development, this volume explores opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of perspectives—among them social sciences, natural and applied sciences, indigenous knowledge, engineering, and the arts. Decision makers, Arctic communities, educators, researchers, students, and others interested in the Far North will find this book of interest.

For more information, visit the book's page at the University of Alaska Press and the North by 2020 website.