Arctic
cities
are
at
the
forefront
of
climate
change,
experiencing
distinctive
obstacles
in
their
endeavors
to
pursue
green
transitions
and
attain
sustainability
objectives.These
marked
by
high
energy
consumption,
primarily
driven
activities
related
resource
extraction
demanding
climate.Moreover,
they
rely
heavily
on
natural
resources
for
growth,
have
limited
infrastructure,
experience
significant
external
internal
remoteness.This
article
presents
a
comprehensive
analysis
urban
cities,
focusing
key
themes,
trends,
challenges.Through
systematic
review
extant
literature,
this
study
examines
current
research
identifies
crucial
gaps,
delineating
path
sustainability.Using
VOSviewer
software,
six
thematic
clusters
were
identified:
change
environmental
adaptation,
SDGs
smart
planning,
sustainable
development
governance,
economic
development,
social
sustainability,
transition.These
provide
valuable
insights
into
dominant
themes
evolving
discourse
research.The
findings
show
that
literature
focuses
predominantly
Russian
signaling
an
imperative
more
inclusive
strategy
encompassing
broader
spectrum
cities.Additionally,
is
inherently
site-specific
necessitates
nuanced
understanding
incorporates
different
stakeholders'
perspectives
considers
particular
regional
traits
create
effective
meaningful
approach
measuring
achieving
cities.This
contributes
ongoing
advocating
framework
accommodates
unique
challenges
opportunities
environments.
Abstract
Climate
change
will
push
the
planet
worryingly
close
to
its
boundaries,
across
all
latitudes
and
levels
of
development.
One
question
therefore
is
extent
which
climate
does
(and
will)
severely
affect
societies’
livelihoods,
health,
well-being,
cultures.
This
paper
discusses
“severe
risks”
concept
developed
under
Working
Group
II’s
contribution
Fifth
Sixth
Assessment
Reports
Intergovernmental
Panel
on
Change
(IPCC,
AR5,
AR6).
Focusing
low-lying
coastal
socio-ecological
systems
(LCS)
acknowledging
that
attempts
define
“severe”
risk
have
been
problematic
at
level
global
syntheses,
we
argue
for
a
more
place-
people-based
framing
relating
“habitability
changing
climate.”
We
summarize
habitability
in
terms
five
pillars:
land,
freshwater,
food,
settlement
infrastructure,
economic
subsistence
activities;
acknowledge
social
cultural
factors
(including
perceptions,
values,
governance
arrangements,
human
agency,
power
structures)
as
critical
underlying
rather
than
separate
pillars.
further
develop
examine
future
health
three
“hotspot”
archetypes
(arctic
coasts,
atoll
islands,
densely
populated
urban
areas).
Building
IPCC
AR6
severe
risks,
discuss
key
parameters
describing
risks
LCS:
point
irreversibility
changes,
physical
thresholds
,
cascading
effects
various
dimensions.
also
highlight
variability
conditions
both
between
within
each
them.
Further
work
should
consist
refining
case
study
find
right
balance
capturing
context-specificities
through
real-world
local
studies
commonalities
derived
from
generic
archetypes.
In
addition,
there
need
identify
appropriate
methods
assess
thus
habitability.
Abstract
Arctic
permafrost
is
undergoing
rapid
changes
due
to
climate
warming
in
high
latitudes.
Retrogressive
thaw
slumps
(RTS)
are
one
of
the
most
abrupt
and
impactful
thermal-denudation
events
that
change
landscapes
accelerate
carbon
feedbacks.
Their
spatial
distribution
remains
poorly
characterised
time-intensive
conventional
mapping
methods.
While
numerous
RTS
studies
have
published
standalone
digitisation
datasets,
lack
a
centralised,
unified
database
has
limited
their
utilisation,
affecting
scale
generalisation
ability
deep
learning
models.
To
address
this,
we
established
Thaw
Slumps
(ARTS)
dataset
containing
23,529
RTS-present
20,434
RTS-absent
digitisations
from
20
datasets.
We
also
proposed
Data
Curation
Framework
as
working
standard
for
digitisations.
This
designed
be
comprehensive,
accessible,
contributable,
adaptable
various
RTS-related
studies.
its
accompanying
curation
framework
establish
foundation
enhanced
collaboration
research,
facilitating
standardised
data
sharing
comprehensive
analyses
across
research
community.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
898, С. 165289 - 165289
Опубликована: Июль 7, 2023
Classifying
a
given
landscape
on
the
basis
of
its
susceptibility
to
surface
processes
is
standard
procedure
in
low
mid-latitudes.
Conversely,
these
procedures
have
hardly
been
explored
periglacial
regions.
However,
global
warming
radically
changing
this
situation
and
will
change
it
even
more
future.
For
reason,
understanding
spatial
temporal
dynamics
geomorphological
peri-arctic
environments
can
be
crucial
make
informed
decisions
such
unstable
shed
light
what
changes
may
follow
at
lower
latitudes.
here
we
use
data-driven
models
capable
recognizing
locations
prone
develop
retrogressive
thaw
slumps
(RTSs)
and/or
active
layer
detachments
(ALDs).
These
are
cryospheric
hazards
induced
by
permafrost
degradation,
their
development
negatively
affect
human
settlements
or
infrastructure,
sediment
budget
release
greenhouse
gases.
Specifically,
test
binomial
Generalized
Additive
Modeling
structure
estimate
probability
RST
ALD
occurrences
North
sector
Alaskan
territory.
The
results
obtain
show
that
our
binary
classifiers
accurately
recognize
RTS
ALD,
number
goodness-of-fit
(AUCRTS
=
0.83;
AUCALD
0.86),
random
cross-validation
(mean
AUCRTS
0.82;
mean
0.74;
0.80)
routines.
Overall,
analytical
protocol
has
implemented
build
an
open-source
tool
scripted
Python
where
all
operational
steps
automatized
for
anyone
replicate
same
experiment.
Our
allows
one
access
cloud-stored
information,
pre-process
it,
download
locally
integrated
predictive
purposes.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
49(11), С. 3319 - 3331
Опубликована: Май 22, 2024
Abstract
Mean
annual
temperatures
in
the
Arctic
and
subarctic
have
increased
recent
decades,
increasing
number
of
permafrost
hazards.
Retrogressive
thaw
slumps
(RTSs),
triggered
by
thawing
ground
ice
soil,
become
more
common
Arctic.
Many
studies
report
an
increase
RTS
activity
on
a
local
or
regional
scale.
In
this
study,
primary
goals
are
to:
(i)
examine
spatial
patterns
occurrences
across
circumpolar
region,
(ii)
assess
environmental
factors
associated
with
their
occurrence
(iii)
create
first
susceptibility
map
for
Northern
Hemisphere.
Based
our
results,
we
predicted
high
continuous
regions
above
60th
latitude,
especially
northern
Alaska,
north‐western
Canada,
Yamal
Peninsula,
eastern
Russia
Qinghai‐Tibetan
Plateau.
The
model
indicated
that
air
temperature
soil
properties
most
critical
RTSs
Especially,
climatic
conditions
season
were
highlighted.
This
study
provided
new
insights
into
ice‐rich
soils
to
rapid
permafrost‐related
hazards
like
impacts
landscape
evolution,
infrastructure,
hydrology
carbon
fluxes
contribute
global
warming.
Earth system science data,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(1), С. 447 - 464
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2023
Abstract.
The
Svalbard
Archipelago
represents
the
northernmost
place
on
Earth
where
cryospheric
hazards,
such
as
thaw
slumps
(TSs)
and
thermo-erosion
gullies
(TEGs)
could
take
rapidly
develop
under
influence
of
climatic
variations.
permafrost
is
specifically
sensitive
to
occurring
warming,
therefore,
a
deeper
understanding
TSs
TEGs
necessary
understand
foresee
dynamics
behind
local
hazards'
occurrences
their
global
implications.
We
present
latest
update
two
polygonal
inventories
extent
recorded
across
Nordenskiöld
Land
(Svalbard
Archipelago),
over
surface
approximately
4000
km2.
This
area
was
chosen
because
it
most
concentrated
ice-free
and,
at
same
time,
current
human
settlements
are
concentrated.
were
created
through
visual
interpretation
high-resolution
aerial
photographs
part
our
ongoing
effort
toward
creating
pan-Arctic
repository
TEGs.
Overall,
we
mapped
562
908
TEGs,
from
which
separately
generated
susceptibility
maps
using
generalised
additive
model
(GAM)
approach,
assumption
that
manifest
Land,
according
Bernoulli
probability
distribution.
Once
modelling
results
validated,
patterns
combined
into
first
multi-hazard
map
area.
available
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945348
(Nicu
et
al.,
2022a)
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945395
2022b).
Economics and Environment,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
91(4), С. 964 - 964
Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025
This
article
assesses
the
role
of
cultural
heritage
capital
in
achieving
social,
economic
and
environmental
resilience
within
regional
sustainable
development
policy.
It
highlights
importance
enhancing
resilience,
especially
face
contemporary
political
challenges.
The
study
results
suggest
that
increasing
awareness
can
drive
development.
Two
key
approaches
are
presented:
impact
on
context
disasters
tourism.
Desk
research
analysis
best
practices
were
applied
to
identify
economic,
benefits
from
capital,
which
strengthen
integrated
resilience.
underscores
necessity
adapting
conservation
strategies
address
climate
change,
long-term
Its
originality
lies
positioning
as
factor,
demonstrating
how
it
support
recovery
economies
during
crises.
