Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production

• Main Authors: Liew, Min, Xiao, Ming, Farquharson, Louise, Nicolsky, Dmitry, Jensen, Anne, Romanovsky, Vladimir, Peirce, Jana, Alessa, Lilian, McComb, Christopher, Zhang, Xiong, Jones, Benjamin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars' Mine 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Civil Infrastructure; Co-Production of Knowledge; Coastal Erosion; Community Survey; Permafrost Thaw; Civil Engineering; Tilting; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/civarc_enveng_facwork/2181; https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3182&context=civarc_enveng_facwork

This paper presents the results of a community survey that was designed to better under-stand the effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure. Observations were collected from residents in four Arctic coastal communities: Point Lay, Wainwright, Utqiaġvik, and Kaktov...