Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada?
This thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demonstrate this, the thesis studies the threat pose...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_17039 2024-06-02T08:13:52+00:00 Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? Treiberg, Natasja (Author) Poelzer, Greg (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 1998 electronic Number of pages in document: 120 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A17039 https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub57 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A17039 uuid: 526b831b-263a-4931-923e-fd74a85a179d bib-number: b1191368 https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub57 lac: TC-BPGUB-57 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Canada -- National security Canada -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) Security International -- Environmental aspects National security -- Environmental aspects -- Canada JX1515 .T74 1998 Text thesis 1998 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/1998/bpgub57 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z This thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demonstrate this, the thesis studies the threat posed to Canada from environmental degradation in the Russian North. This study includes not only an analysis of the threats that exist to Canada, but also an examination of the Canadian governments' responses to these threats. The analysis demonstrates that in most cases the Canadian government has failed to properly identify and properly address these environmental threats and thus there is a need for a re-evaluation of the scope of national security. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191368 Thesis Russian North Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Canada |
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Canada -- National security Canada -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) Security International -- Environmental aspects National security -- Environmental aspects -- Canada JX1515 .T74 1998 Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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Canada -- National security Canada -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation) Security International -- Environmental aspects National security -- Environmental aspects -- Canada JX1515 .T74 1998 |
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This thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demonstrate this, the thesis studies the threat posed to Canada from environmental degradation in the Russian North. This study includes not only an analysis of the threats that exist to Canada, but also an examination of the Canadian governments' responses to these threats. The analysis demonstrates that in most cases the Canadian government has failed to properly identify and properly address these environmental threats and thus there is a need for a re-evaluation of the scope of national security. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191368 |
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Treiberg, Natasja (Author) Poelzer, Greg (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) |
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Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada? |
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environmental degradation in the russian north: a security threat to canada? |
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University of Northern British Columbia |
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1998 |
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