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Abstract Longyearbyen, Svalbard, has become somewhat of a showcase of Arctic climate change, however, we know little about the societal impacts of and local responses to these changes. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with planners, engineers, architects, scientists, peop...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.6598504 2023-10-01T03:54:01+02:00 Climate change in Longyearbyen, Svalbard: Observed societal impacts and adaptations ... Meyer, Alexandra 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598504 https://zenodo.org/record/6598504 en eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/nunataryuk https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598503 https://zenodo.org/communities/nunataryuk Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Longyearbyen, Svalbard Climate change Adaptation Presentation article-journal ScholarlyArticle Text 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.659850410.5281/zenodo.6598503 2023-09-04T14:04:17Z Abstract Longyearbyen, Svalbard, has become somewhat of a showcase of Arctic climate change, however, we know little about the societal impacts of and local responses to these changes. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with planners, engineers, architects, scientists, people working in construction, and local politicians in Longyearbyen, and focusing on climate change impacts on the built environment, this paper aims to 1) describe observed changes and perceived societal impacts of climate change, and 2) describe and discuss adaptation measures, related discourses on adaptation, as well as challenges to adaptation. This paper aims to fill a gap by examining climate change impacts and adaptation in a non-indigenous “community of experts”, in a Western sense of the term. Those involved in planning, building and maintaining Longyearbyen observe environmental changes and various impacts on the built environment of the town. From their point of view, climate change is considered a ... Text Arctic Climate change Longyearbyen Svalbard DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Longyearbyen Svalbard |
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Abstract Longyearbyen, Svalbard, has become somewhat of a showcase of Arctic climate change, however, we know little about the societal impacts of and local responses to these changes. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with planners, engineers, architects, scientists, people working in construction, and local politicians in Longyearbyen, and focusing on climate change impacts on the built environment, this paper aims to 1) describe observed changes and perceived societal impacts of climate change, and 2) describe and discuss adaptation measures, related discourses on adaptation, as well as challenges to adaptation. This paper aims to fill a gap by examining climate change impacts and adaptation in a non-indigenous “community of experts”, in a Western sense of the term. Those involved in planning, building and maintaining Longyearbyen observe environmental changes and various impacts on the built environment of the town. From their point of view, climate change is considered a ... |
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