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MARC recordCan climate change be good for Greenland? An Arctic island's response to new development opportunities / James Mitchell.
| Title: | Can climate change be good for Greenland? An Arctic island's response to new development opportunities / James Mitchell. |
| Author(s): | Mitchell, James. |
| Date: | 2008. |
| Abstract: | Discusses effect of climate change on inhabitants of Greenland and on economic development. Notes that Greenland has experienced temperatures rising at a more accelerated pace than global rate; also that many Greenlanders view rising temperatures as an opportunity to benefit from tourism, improved agriculture and expansion in heavy industry. |
| Notes: | Offprint: Sustainable Development Law and Policy. Vol. 8(3) :23-24. In special issue, Environmental change in polar regions. |
| Keywords: | 32 -- Politics. 33 -- Economics. 330.34 -- Economic development. 364.122/.124 -- Social change and associated problems. 502 -- Environmental issues. 504.05 -- Environmental damage. 551.58 -- Climatology. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. J -- Social sciences. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*2) : 341 |
| SPRI record no.: | 187324 |
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