Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia
The town of Tiksi came into being in the 1930s, when the Soviet Union intensified its efforts to industrialize the Arctic. A critical element of that policy was to make the Northern Sea Route a viable Arctic shipping lane and Tiksi, located where the Lena River meets the Arctic Ocean, became an impo...
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ftiiasalaxendare:oai:pure.iiasa.ac.at:18302 2023-05-15T14:51:41+02:00 Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia Schweitzer, P. Povoroznyuk, O. 2022-03-16 text https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/18302/ https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2051455 https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/18302/1/Infrastructural%20legacies%20and%20post%20Soviet%20transformations%20in%20Northern%20Sakha%20Yakutiya%20Russia.pdf en eng https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/18302/1/Infrastructural%20legacies%20and%20post%20Soviet%20transformations%20in%20Northern%20Sakha%20Yakutiya%20Russia.pdf Schweitzer, P. & Povoroznyuk, O. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/3384.html> (2022). Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 24 (3) 297-308. 10.1080/1523908X.2022.2051455 <https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2051455>. doi:10.1080/1523908X.2022.2051455 cc_by_4 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftiiasalaxendare https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2051455 2022-10-16T23:23:34Z The town of Tiksi came into being in the 1930s, when the Soviet Union intensified its efforts to industrialize the Arctic. A critical element of that policy was to make the Northern Sea Route a viable Arctic shipping lane and Tiksi, located where the Lena River meets the Arctic Ocean, became an important transportation hub on that route. Post-Soviet transformations led to a rapid decline in population numbers and economic significance of the town, while climate change opened up new opportunities for shipping and mammoth tusk collecting. Today, the situation seems to have stabilized but the promises of a bright future pronounced in strategic papers by the government are yet to be realized. The article explores the socio-economic, infrastructural and environmental changes of recent decades in order to explore future development prospects for Tiksi. The infrastructural legacies of the Soviet past, combined with the environmental conditions of the region, result in the intertwined material dependencies of built and natural environments. Still, these material dependencies are neither straitjackets nor unchangeable. It is the interplay between global climate change, national policies, and local initiative that will challenge the material dependencies of the past and present. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change lena river Northern Sea Route Tiksi Yakutiya IIASA DARE (Data Repository of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) Arctic Arctic Ocean Sakha Tiksi ENVELOPE(128.867,128.867,71.633,71.633) Yakutiya ENVELOPE(130.000,130.000,65.000,65.000) Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 24 3 297 308 |
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The town of Tiksi came into being in the 1930s, when the Soviet Union intensified its efforts to industrialize the Arctic. A critical element of that policy was to make the Northern Sea Route a viable Arctic shipping lane and Tiksi, located where the Lena River meets the Arctic Ocean, became an important transportation hub on that route. Post-Soviet transformations led to a rapid decline in population numbers and economic significance of the town, while climate change opened up new opportunities for shipping and mammoth tusk collecting. Today, the situation seems to have stabilized but the promises of a bright future pronounced in strategic papers by the government are yet to be realized. The article explores the socio-economic, infrastructural and environmental changes of recent decades in order to explore future development prospects for Tiksi. The infrastructural legacies of the Soviet past, combined with the environmental conditions of the region, result in the intertwined material dependencies of built and natural environments. Still, these material dependencies are neither straitjackets nor unchangeable. It is the interplay between global climate change, national policies, and local initiative that will challenge the material dependencies of the past and present. |
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Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia |
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Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia |
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Infrastructural legacies and post-Soviet transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia |
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