Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Povoroznyuk, Olga, Vincent, Warwick F., Schweitzer, Peter, Laptander, Roza, Bennett, Mia, Calmels, Fabrice, Sergeev, Dmitrii, Arp, Christopher, Forbes, Bruce C., Roy-Léveillée, Pascale, Walker, Donald A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2023
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Baffin Island; Bovanenkovo; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Inuvik; Baffin; Climate change; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0033; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2021-0033; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2021-0033

Land-based transport corridors and related infrastructure are increasingly extending into and across the Arctic in support of resource development and population growth, causing large-scale cumulative changes to northern socio-ecological systems. These changes include the increased mobility of peopl...