The Subarctic City: Metropolitisation, Abandoned Towns and Increases of Risk Vulnerabilities

• Main Author: Gadal, Sébastien
• Other Authors: Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace (ESPACE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Avignon Université (AU)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (. - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Polar Urban Centers PUR, SPSU
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Subarctic; Metropolisation; Abandoned cities; Sustainable Developement; Globalisation; Risk Exposure; Remote Sensing; Yakutsk; [INFO.INFO-TI]Computer Science [cs]/Image Processing [eess.IV]; [SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; [INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation; Mirnyj; Sakha; Tiksi; Climate change; Global warming; Ice; lena river; permafrost; Republic of Sakha; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01915731

International audience Arctic and Subarctic cities and settlements depend of the economic, political and societal changes. In the Siberian arctic and subarctic territories as in Yakutia, the dynamics of urbanisation and un-urbanisation are strong. Abandoned mine’s tows, stable cities (Mirnyj), parti...