Description: Alaska : Economic, Environmental, and Social Issues, Paperback by Lewis, Thomas (EDT), ISBN 1536134376, ISBN-13 9781536134377, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This collection begins with a chapter that links human and ecological systems research to analyze resource management decisions for Alaska's first submerged aquatic invasive plant, Elodea spp. A case study is presented which may aid other countries in management of Elodea by outlining steps for future policy-making with the goal of retaining the ecological integrity and economic value of Alaska's vast freshwater resources. The second chapter makes use of the De Martonne aridity index and the UNEP Index to determine the humidity of Alaska's Prince William Sound. The indices for climate variability indicate higher humidity in the western sides and lower humidity in the eastern sides. These results highlight the spatial distribution of the climate variablesin Prince William Sound from Southcentral Alaska. The third chapter analyzes the Bering Glacier in southern Alaska for its size resultant from complexities of geographical position, accumulation area, and climate conditions. The results of the analysis illustrate the high variation of the Bering Glacier movements in response to climate change. The concluding chapter examines the beginning of orderly social policy in Russian America in 1784, when well-known merchant . Shelikhov founded the first permanent Russian settlement on Kodiak Island off the southern coast of Alaska. A certain impetus to social policy was created by the monopoly Russian-American Company after naval officers came to power in Russian colonies in 1818. The Russian-American Company abolished slavery, increased payments for furs, supplied natives with food during hunger strikes, and conducted mass vaccinations. Thus, the life of the Aleuts and dependent Eskimos improved slowly, but gradually.
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Original Language: Russian
Book Title: Alaska : Economic, Environmental, and Social Issues
Number of Pages: 186 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: NOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated
Topic: Regional Studies, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Author: Thomas Lewis
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: American Political, Economic, and Security Issues Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
