Global Warming and Human - Nature Dimension in Northern Eurasia

Editors: Prof. Dr. Tetsuya Hiyama, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan Prof. Dr. Hiroki Takakura, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan

01. Water, water everywhere: Perceptions of chaotic water regimes in northeastern Siberia, Russia.-Susan A. Crate.- 02. Sakha (Yakutia): the local projections of climate changes and problems of adaptation of the indigenous peoples.-Vanda Ignat’eva.- 03. Local perception of river thaw and spring flooding of the Lena River.-Hiroki Takakura.- 04. Monitoring spring floods in the Lena river using multiple satellite sensors.-Manabu Watanabe, Hiroki Takakura, Chinatsu Yonezawa, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Masanobu Shimada.- 06. Study on using air temperature data to calculate changes in ice sheet thickness on the Lena River toward ice-jam disaster prediction.-Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Hiroki Takakura, Manabu Watanabe, Tetsuya Hiyama, Toru Sakai.- 07. Ice movement in the Lena River and the effects of spring flooding on human society: An interpretation of local sources integrated with satellite imagery using a multidisciplinary approach.-Hiroki Takakura, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Manabu Watanabe, Toru Sakai, Tetsuya Hiyama.- 08. Flood risk and migration in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).-Junko Fujiwara.- 09. Reindeer herding and environmental change in some reindeer herding regions, Sakha Republic: Comparison with Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.-Atsushi Yoshida.- 10. Reindeer herding and environmental change in the Tompo District, Sakha Republic.-Atsushi Nakada.- 11. History of the transport infrastructure development in Yakutia.-Sardana I. Boyakova.- 12. Political economy of extreme events in Northern Finland.-Monica Tennberg, Terhi Vuojala-Magga, Joonas Vola, Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen, Minna Turunen.- 13. Adaptation strategies for risk and uncertainty: The role of an interdisciplinary approach including natural and human sciences.-Makoto Okumura.- 14. Social adaptation to the changes of the terrestrial ecosystem in eastern Siberia, with an emphasis on water environments.-Tetsuya Hiyama.