2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 4526 The Changing Geographies of the Arctic and Northern Regions: II is scheduled on Wednesday, 3/25/09, from 3:10 PM - 4:50 PM in Capri 114, Riviera Hotel, 1st Floor Sponsorship(s): Russian, Central Eurasian, and East European Specialty Group Canadian Studies Specialty Group Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group Organizer(s): Timothy Edmund Heleniak - University of Maryland Andrey N Petrov - University of Toronto Chair(s): Andrey N Petrov - University of Toronto Abstract(s):   3:10 PM   Author(s): *Erin A Freeland Ballantyne, MSc - University of Oxford  Abstract Title: Climate Change, Health and Petro-Capitalism in the Arctic 3:30 PM   Author(s): *Brendan Griebel - University of Toronto  Abstract Title: The Cartographies of History: Place, Multivocality and the Archaeological Mapping of Northern Indigenous Heritage 3:50 PM   Author(s): *Jussi S. Jauhiainen - University of Oulu Helka Moilanen - University of Oulu  Abstract Title: Governance of Technology Development Networks in Periphery. The Case of Multipolis in Northern Finland. 4:10 PM   Author(s): *Katri Suorsa - University of Oulu  Abstract Title: Innovation systems and policies in less-favoured regions: the case of Northern Finland 4:30 PM   Author(s): *Markku J. Tykkylainen - University Of Joensuu Olli Lehtonen - University of Joensuu  Abstract Title: Impacts of Russian Roundwood Export Tariffs: How Can a Finnish Border Economy React? Session Description: The Arctic and Northern regions are currently undergoing rapid economic, political, environmental, and climatic change. There is a growing interest in the Arctic among both geographers and the general public. This session invites papers examining any aspect of changes in the human, physical, cultural, or environmental geography of the Arctic or northern regions. The 2009 AAG comes near the end of the International Polar Year and provides an opportunity to present results from fieldwork undertaken during that time.

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