Arctic spaces and societies

The northernmost latitudes of the planet remain poorly documented, perhaps because they are sparsely populated... The boreal zone is a scene of major upheavals, consequences of both globalization and climate change. Ecosystems, governments, economies, settlement and cultures are and will be affected by these profound transformations whose pace has accelerated over recent decades [Larsen & Fondahl 2014]. The arctic systems, physical, biological and human, qualified as "fragile and unique" [IPC...