Toward understanding the human dimensions of the rapidly changing arctic system: insights and approaches from five HARC projects

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the the five recently completed arctic HD (human dimensions) research procjects: Landscapes and seascapes of Iceland; Fisheries dependent societies of the North Atlantic Arc; Human and ecosystems dynamics of the Imandra Watershed, Kola Peninsula, Russia; Context and climate change in Barrow, Alaska; and The sustainability of arctic communities.