Urban areas in Arctic Russia are experiencing unprecedented social and ecological change. This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political, economic, social, and environmental terrain.

List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Preface Robert W. Orttung Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Russia’s Arctic Cities: Recent Evolution and Drivers of Change Colin Reisser SECTION I: DECISION-MAKING Chapter 2. The Arctic in Moscow Elana Wilson Rowe Chapter 3. The Anna Karenina Principle: How to Diversify Monocities Nadezhda Yu. Zamyatina and Alexander N. Pelyasov SECTION II: MIGRATION TRENDS IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC CITIES Chapter 4. Boom and Bust: Population Change in Russia’s Arctic Cities Timothy Heleniak Chapter 5. Assessing Social Sustainability: Immigration to Russia’s Arctic Cities Marlene Laruelle Chapter 6. The Russian North Connected: The Role of Long-Distance Commute Work for Regional Integration Gertrude Saxinger, Elena Nuykina, and Elisabeth Öfner SECTION III: CLIMATE CHANGE Chapter 7. Cities of the Russian North in the Context of Climate Change Oleg Anisimov and Vasily Kokorev Chapter 8. Access to Arctic Urban Areas in Flux: Opportunities and Uncertainties in Transport and Development Scott R. Stephenson Chapter 9. All Fall Down? Arctic Cities through the Prism of Permafrost Dmitry Streletskiy and Nikolay Shiklomanov Chapter 10. Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Russian Arctic Jessica K. Graybill Chapter 11. Conclusion: Drivers of Change Robert W. Orttung Notes on Contributors Index

“The contributions to the edited collection… overall provide an effective introduction to some of the key issues facing Russia’s Arctic urban regions over the short- to medium-term. They also provide a useful framework for further work focusing on the area. Orttung’s afterword makes it clear that the region’s future remains uncertain and thus presents an ongoing concern for Russia as well as the global community.” • Slavic Review “Russia's Arctic Cities are definitely understudied, as are Arctic urban studies in general. Therefore the focus of this volume is timely and well chosen.” • Florian Stammer, University of Lapland