The Global Land Rush and the Arctic

This chapter discusses the recent Arctic land rush from the viewpoint of the larger literature on the global land rush and land grabbing, little of which has focused on the Arctic. This global view on the Arctic offers theoretical-methodological insights from a burgeoning literature on notable land...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kröger, Antti Markus
Other Authors: Finger, Matthias, Heininen, Lassi, Global Development Studies
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/311066
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Summary:This chapter discusses the recent Arctic land rush from the viewpoint of the larger literature on the global land rush and land grabbing, little of which has focused on the Arctic. This global view on the Arctic offers theoretical-methodological insights from a burgeoning literature on notable land control changes in different parts of the world (but not the Arctic) and can offer valuable knowledge on two key global/Arctic dimensions. Peer reviewed