The Other Arctic: Experience in System Diagnostics
The differences between the Russian Arctic and other territories of Russia are not limited to the severe climate, low density of population and weak transport links. Aside from these, multiple differences can be found, and they must be taken into account when forecasting and making decisions about the development of the Arctic territory. The first of such differences is separation of the Arctic into a single object of federal regulation which has created a zone having no analogues neither in Russia nor in the other world in terms of the heterogeneity of its structure. Special solutions are required to redevelop the Arctic «Soviet legacy», which is the result of the unique genesis of the economic, social and infrastructural potential of the Arctic. Quite specific are the threats, challenges and risks to all types of activities in the Arctic region. These and other features form the real image of «another Arctic» as the subject for further researches and regulatory activities.