This book's collection of critical engagements by designers and Arctic scholars aims to bring clarity to the timely question: "What is postcolonial Arctic urbanization?".

This book project frames plural understandings of postcolonial Arctic urbanization. In the past, Arctic urbanization has been dominated by colonial and nation-state interests, was influenced by design perspectives appropriate to more southern landscapes, and suffered from a limited understanding of the region's internal dynamics, unique climatic conditions, and diversity of people and cultures. Today, designers must take on the responsibility to avoid committing the same mistakes as seen in the past. Through a postcolonial lens and geared to an international design audience, this publication is a response to such varied histories impacting the discipline and practices of Arctic urbanization. Taken together, this work brings together a range of formats, styles of contributions, and different media into a varied, polyvocal assembly--weaving and overlapping different notions of the many built environments across the many Arctics.