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

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Olga Povoroznyuk, Warwick F. Vincent, Peter Schweitzer, Roza Laptander, Mia Bennett, Fabrice Calmels, Dmitrii Sergeev, Christopher Arp, Bruce C. Forbes, Pascale Roy-Léveillée, Donald A. Walker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2023
• Subjects: roads; railways; climate change; development; permafrost landscapes; Indigenous communities; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Baffin Island; Bovanenkovo; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Inuvik; Baffin; Climate change; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0033; https://doaj.org/article/3f1eafd8bf1e420ca29c35629e210fb0

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...