Norwegian and Russian settlements on Svalbard:an analysis of demographic and socio-economic trends

• Main Author: Middleton, A. (Alexandra)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Norwegain settlements; Russian settlements; Svalbard; demographic trends; socio-economic development; Barentsburg; Longyearbyen; Norway; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard Archipelago; Climate change; Ny Ålesund; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023041436662

Abstract The Svalbard archipelago is a centre of global research on climate change and also an example of a rapidly changing Arctic area with tourism replacing the traditional mining industry. We compared the different development paths of the Norwegian (Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund) and Russian sett...