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Significance of Polar Research for Svalbard’s Economy
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The aim of the following paper is to present ongoing changes in Svalbard’s economy and to emphasize influence of scientific research for specific economic structure of the archipelago. To start with, author briefly describes main periods in history of this area, though the main focus is on present situation, so downturn of coal mining along with growing presence of scientists, development of University Centre in Svalbard and popularization of polar tourism. Thanks to combining quantitative methods, as well as direct observation and interviews with inhabitants during author’s stay in Svalbard in summer 2015, the paper answers the research question how does polar research influences Svalbard’s economy.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/teka.2017.12.2.181
Date of publication: 2018-09-17 14:22:22
Date of submission: 2018-09-17 14:11:22
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