Title Alaska : economic, environmental, and social issues / Thomas Lewis, editor

Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages) Series American Political, Economic, and Security Issues Ser American political, economic, and security issues series. American Political, Economic, and Security Issues Ser Contents Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; Human Dimensions of Aquatic Invasive Species in Alaska: Lessons Learned While Integrating Economics, Management and Biology to Incentivize Early Detection and Rapid Response; Abstract; Overview; Elodea Ecology and Management History in Alaska; Managing Elodea on the Kenai Peninsula: A Case Study of EDRR; Reasons for Not Implementing EDRR Comprehensively after a Novel Invasive Species was Identified; Predicting Economic Consequences of Various Actions Including Inaction; Potential Economic Consequences of Inaction Policy Implications for Future Management of Biological Invasions in Arctic and Subarctic EcosystemsAcknowledgments; References; Biographical Sketches; Chapter 2; Humidity Assessment in Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Study Area; Climate Data; Potential Evapotranspiration (ET0); De Martonne Aridity Index; UNEP Index; Results; Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Annexes; References; Chapter 3; The Bering Glacier's Changes from 1986-2016 Based on Satellite Images and GIS; Abstract; Introduction; Background of Bering Glacier Remote Sensing and GIS InvestigationsResults of the 30 Years Landsat Images Analysis; Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4; Social Policy in Russian America; Abstract; Introduction; Social Policy in the First Stage of Russian Colonization; Founding of the First Permanent Settlement and Formation of a New Social Policy; Founding of the Russian-American Company and Attempts at Social Transformation during the Governance of A.A. Baranov; The Coming to Power in the Colonies of Naval Officers and the Beginning of Radical Changes in the Sphere of Social Policy The Social Transformations of F.P. von Wrangell and the Struggle with an Epidemic of Smallpox during the Governance of I.A. KupreyanovThe Social Reforms of A.K. Etolin and the State of the Social Sphere of the Russian Colonies during the Governance of M.D. Teben'kov; The Social Policy of the Russian-American Company in the 1850s; The Social Policy of I.V. Furuhjelm and Prince D.P. Maksutov; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Index; Blank Page Notes Print version record Subject Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ -- History SUBJECT Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ fast Subject Elodea -- Alaska Introduced freshwater organisms -- Alaska Humidity -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound Glaciers -- Geographic information systems -- Alaska HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Elodea Humidity Introduced freshwater organisms Social conditions SUBJECT Bering Glacier (Alaska) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009009581 Alaska -- Social conditions -- 18th century Alaska -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject Alaska Alaska -- Bering Glacier Pacific Ocean -- Prince William Sound Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Lewis, Thomas, editor Lewis, Thomas J., 1959- editor. ISBN 9781536134384 1536134384

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