An edition of Many norths (2017)

Many norths

spatial practice in a polar territory

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An edition of Many norths (2017)

Many norths

spatial practice in a polar territory

Next North charts unique, often surreal spatial realities of Canada's arctic regions, documenting the geospatial, infrastructural, techno-cultural, and architectural innovations that have enabled modern life in this territory of climatic and cultural extremes. It is a region where the reality of daily life is often stranger and more extraordinary than any fiction one could envision. This unprecedented book documents the region through five themes: settlements, architecture, mobility, monitoring, and resources. Next North reveals the challenges and opportunities of building, mobility, and culture in the dispersed communities of the Canadian North, and speculates the emergence of a contemporary northern, or arctic, vernacular. Next North offers a unique look at Canada's "many norths," uncovering the compelling story of northern inhabitation and cultural adaptation through architecture, landscape, and infrastructure development over the past 100 years.

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Actar Publishers, Actar
Language
English
Pages
471

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Many norths: spatial practice in a polar territory
2017, Actar Publishers, Actar
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Table of Contents

The (new) idea of North(s)
Urbanism : Urbanism timeline ; Urbanism below zero ; Transition and assimilation / Frank Tester
Migration and permanence ; Inuit diaspora ; Wasting space / Jack Kobayashi ; Built form and land form ; Growth of a city ; Utility of the north / Peter Clarkson ; Utility infrastructure ; Snow fences
Architecture : Architecture timeline ; Impermanence: building at an edge ; Constructing communities / Harold Strub ; Inuit architecture ; Government housing ; Fabricating a northern vernacular / Guy Gérin-Lajoie ; Climatic factors ; Nakasuk School ; Beauty and constraints / Gino Pin ; Foundations ; East Three School
Mobility : Mobility timeline ; Connectivity and diffusion ; Wayfinding on the land / Claudio Aporta ; Inuit navigation and trails ; Dempster Highway ; Shipping logistics / Thomas Paterson ; Deep-sea ports ; Sealifting ; Making a winter road / Tim Tattrie ; Winter roads ; Aerial connectivity
Monitoring : Monitoring timeline ; Monitoring the remote ; Space of sovereignty / Shelagh Grant ; Sea ice ; DEW line ; Agency in high Arctic modernization / P. Whitney Lackenbauer ; Northern patrolling ; Search and rescue ; Observing the North / David J. Scott ; Hight Arctic research ; Mars simulation
Resources : Resources timeline ; Surface and subsurface ; Hunting big food / Charlie Qumuatuq ; Bowhead whale hunt ; Icebergs ; Under the ice / Aloupa Kulula ; Mussel harvest ; Fur trade ; In-town resources / Jim R. Brown ; Gold rush ; Extraction
Technology index : From Aircraft to Wooden posts.

Edition Notes

Technology index: pages 462-471.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.2/09719
Library of Congress
G3515 2017 .S54, G35152017.S54

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 471 pages
Number of pages
471

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44106885M
ISBN 10
1940291313
ISBN 13
9781940291314
LCCN
2016960056
OCLC/WorldCat
993009435

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