The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada
Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3136550789ed47af9a4bf31c8a7d324d 2023-05-15T16:55:13+02:00 The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada Armelle Decaulne Najat Bhiry Janie Faucher-Roy Clara Pelletier Boily 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4000/eps.10497 https://doaj.org/article/3136550789ed47af9a4bf31c8a7d324d EN FR eng fre Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille http://journals.openedition.org/eps/10497 https://doaj.org/toc/0755-7809 https://doaj.org/toc/2104-3752 0755-7809 2104-3752 doi:10.4000/eps.10497 https://doaj.org/article/3136550789ed47af9a4bf31c8a7d324d Espace populations sociétés, Vol 2020 (2021) Nordic village slopes active layer demographic growth snow avalanches Canada Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4000/eps.10497 2022-12-31T04:53:00Z Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25 were injured. This village and its surrounding are located within a glacial valley, in a periglacial environment. There is significant population growth, as well as in the other villages in Nunavik. As early as 1999-2000, there was a significant spatial reorganization of the village's infrastructures to avoid the impact of other snow-avalanche events. The main objective of this paper is to examine the village expansion in response to snow-avalanche process and population growth, within an area constrained with permafrost thawing and steep slopes. From naturalist geomorphologic methods, written sources such as archive documents and aerial photographs, the results show that slopes above Kangiqsualujjuaq are prone to release snow avalanches during blizzards from uncommon directions, and that the newly built housing may be at risk in some places, due to the conjunction of snow avalanches and permafrost thawing. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Kangiqsualujjuaq permafrost Nunavik Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Nunavik Canada Kangiqsualujjuaq ENVELOPE(-65.948,-65.948,58.684,58.684) Espace populations sociétés 2020/3-2021/1 |
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Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25 were injured. This village and its surrounding are located within a glacial valley, in a periglacial environment. There is significant population growth, as well as in the other villages in Nunavik. As early as 1999-2000, there was a significant spatial reorganization of the village's infrastructures to avoid the impact of other snow-avalanche events. The main objective of this paper is to examine the village expansion in response to snow-avalanche process and population growth, within an area constrained with permafrost thawing and steep slopes. From naturalist geomorphologic methods, written sources such as archive documents and aerial photographs, the results show that slopes above Kangiqsualujjuaq are prone to release snow avalanches during blizzards from uncommon directions, and that the newly built housing may be at risk in some places, due to the conjunction of snow avalanches and permafrost thawing. |
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The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada |
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The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada |
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The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada |
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The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada |
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The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada |
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