Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain. In particular, the volume examines how energy production drives a boom-bust cycle in the Arctic economy, explores how migrants from Muslim cultures are reshaping the social fabric of northern cities, and provides a detailed analysis of climate change and its impact on urban and industrial infrastructure.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Robert W. Orttung
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Russia’s Arctic Cities: Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change
Colin Reisser
SECTION I: DECISION-MAKING
Chapter 2. The Arctic in Moscow
Elana Wilson Rowe
Chapter 3. The Anna Karenina Principle: How to Diversify Monocities
Nadezhda Yu. Zamyatina and Alexander N. Pelyasov
SECTION II: MIGRATION TRENDS IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC CITIES
Chapter 4. Boom and Bust: Population Change in Russia’s Arctic Cities
Timothy Heleniak
Chapter 5. Assessing Social Sustainability: Immigration to Russia’s Arctic Cities
Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 6. The Russian North Connected: The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration
Gertrude Saxinger, Elena Nuykina, and Elisabeth Öfner
SECTION III: CLIMATE CHANGE
Chapter 7. Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change
Oleg Anisimov and Vasily Kokorev
Chapter 8. Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux: Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development
Scott R. Stephenson
Chapter 9. All Fall Down? Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost
Dmitry Streletskiy and Nikolay Shiklomanov
Chapter 10. Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic
Jessica K. Graybill
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Drivers of Change
Robert W. Orttung
Notes on Contributors
Index
About the Author :
Robert W. Orttung is Research Director at the George Washington University Sustainability Collaborative and Associate Research Professor of International Affairs. He is the author or editor of numerous books about Russian politics and energy policy.
Review :
“The contributions to the edited collection… overall provide an effective introduction to some of the key issues facing Russia’s Arctic urban regions over the short- to medium-term. They also provide a useful framework for further work focusing on the area. Orttung’s afterword makes it clear that the region’s future remains uncertain and thus presents an ongoing concern for Russia as well as the global community.” • Slavic Review
“Russia's Arctic Cities are definitely understudied, as are Arctic urban studies in general. Therefore the focus of this volume is timely and well chosen.” • Florian Stammer, University of Lapland
