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

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Povoroznyuk, Olga, Vincent, Warwick F., Schweitzer, Peter, Laptander, Roza, Bennett, Mia, Calmels, Fabrice, Sergeev, Dmitrii, Arp, Christopher, Forbes, Bruce C., Roy-Léveillée, Pascale, Walker, Donald A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/1; name=Geosciences; Arctic; Baffin Island; Bovanenkovo; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Inuvik; Baffin; Climate change; Alaska
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/fe189d7f-7b87-41e1-8ba9-1269966e7803; https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0033

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...