The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories
Physical community infrastructure is vulnerable to changes in permafrost regimes resulting from warming in Arctic environments. The vulnerability of community infrastructure is greatly exacerbated by factors related to the accessibility of aggregates that are used to insulate built form from the act...
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ftryersonuniv:oai:digital.library.ryerson.ca:RULA_1405 2023-05-15T15:07:21+02:00 The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories Borsy, Emily (Author) Duerden, Frank (Thesis advisor) Ryerson University (Degree granting institution) 2012-04-24T12:52:38-07:00 https://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A1405 eng eng Gravel -- Northwest Territories -- Maintenance and repair Climatic changes -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Aggregates (Building materials) -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Delivery of goods -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Roads Freight and freightage -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Frozen ground -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Text thesis 2012 ftryersonuniv 2020-07-17T12:59:31Z Physical community infrastructure is vulnerable to changes in permafrost regimes resulting from warming in Arctic environments. The vulnerability of community infrastructure is greatly exacerbated by factors related to the accessibility of aggregates that are used to insulate built form from the active layer of the permafrost. The abililty of communities to address stresses brought about by melting permafrost is a function of access to aggregates, the ability to transport them, and competition for gravel between users. In the Inuvialuit Settlement Region readily accessible aggregate is in short supply, and concerns about resource allocation pre-date current prognoses about the impact of global warming. The prospect is that while demand for gravel will increase as permafrost is degraded, competition from new activities along with degradation of winter roads may further stress supplies. This research project examines the manner in which institutional arrangements, the geography of aggregate distribution, transportation, and competition from emerging new activities exacerbate vulnerabilites associated with permafrost melt in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Thesis Arctic Climate change Global warming Inuvialuit Northwest Territories permafrost Ryerson University: RULA Digital Repository Arctic Northwest Territories |
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Gravel -- Northwest Territories -- Maintenance and repair Climatic changes -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Aggregates (Building materials) -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Delivery of goods -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Roads Freight and freightage -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Frozen ground -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region |
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Gravel -- Northwest Territories -- Maintenance and repair Climatic changes -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Aggregates (Building materials) -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Delivery of goods -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Roads Freight and freightage -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Frozen ground -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Borsy, Emily (Author) The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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Gravel -- Northwest Territories -- Maintenance and repair Climatic changes -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Aggregates (Building materials) -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Delivery of goods -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Roads Freight and freightage -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Frozen ground -- Northwest Territories -- Inuvialuit Settlement Region |
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Physical community infrastructure is vulnerable to changes in permafrost regimes resulting from warming in Arctic environments. The vulnerability of community infrastructure is greatly exacerbated by factors related to the accessibility of aggregates that are used to insulate built form from the active layer of the permafrost. The abililty of communities to address stresses brought about by melting permafrost is a function of access to aggregates, the ability to transport them, and competition for gravel between users. In the Inuvialuit Settlement Region readily accessible aggregate is in short supply, and concerns about resource allocation pre-date current prognoses about the impact of global warming. The prospect is that while demand for gravel will increase as permafrost is degraded, competition from new activities along with degradation of winter roads may further stress supplies. This research project examines the manner in which institutional arrangements, the geography of aggregate distribution, transportation, and competition from emerging new activities exacerbate vulnerabilites associated with permafrost melt in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. |
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The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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The impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |
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impacts of climate change on the availability of granular resources in the inuvialuit settlement region, northwest territories |
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2012 |
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Arctic Northwest Territories |
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Arctic Northwest Territories |
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Arctic Climate change Global warming Inuvialuit Northwest Territories permafrost |
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Arctic Climate change Global warming Inuvialuit Northwest Territories permafrost |
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