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Identifying increasing risks of hazards for northern land-users caused by permafrost thaw: integrating scientific and community-based research approaches
Environmental Research Letters ( IF 6.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-27 , DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abfc79
Carolyn M Gibson 1 , Todd Brinkman 2 , Helen Cold 2, 3 , Dana Brown 2 , Merritt Turetsky 4
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Understanding the causes and consequences of environmental change is one of the key challenges facing researchers today as both types of information are required for decision making and adaptation planning. This need is particularly poignant in high latitude regions where permafrost thaw is causing widespread changes to local environments and the land-users who must adapt to changing conditions to sustain their livelihoods. The inextricable link between humans and their environments is recognized through socio-ecological systems research, yet many of these approaches employ top-down solutions that can lead to local irrelevance and create tensions amongst groups. We present and employ a framework for the use both of scientific and community-based knowledge sources that provides an enriched and thematic understanding of how permafrost thaw will affect northern land-users. Using geospatial modeling of permafrost vulnerability with community-based data from nine rural communities in Alaska, we show that permafrost thaw is a major driver of hazards for land-users and accounts for one-third to half of the hazards reported by community participants. This study develops an integrated permafrost-land-user system, providing a framework for thematic inquiry for future studies that will add value to large-scale institutional efforts and locally relevant observations of environmental change.



中文翻译:

确定永久冻土融化对北方土地使用者造成越来越大的危害风险:整合科学和基于社区的研究方法

了解环境变化的原因和后果是当今研究人员面临的主要挑战之一,因为决策和适应计划都需要两种类型的信息。这种需求在高纬度地区尤为突出,那里的永久冻土融化导致当地环境发生广泛变化,土地使用者必须适应不断变化的条件以维持生计。通过社会生态系统研究认识到人类与其环境之间密不可分的联系,但其中许多方法采用自上而下的解决方案,可能导致当地无关紧要并在群体之间造成紧张局势。我们提出并采用了一个使用科学和基于社区的知识来源的框架,该框架提供了对永久冻土融化将如何影响北部土地使用者的丰富的主题理解。使用来自阿拉斯加九个农村社区的基于社区的数据的永久冻土脆弱性地理空间模型,我们表明永久冻土融化是土地使用者面临的危险的主要驱动因素,占社区参与者报告的危险的三分之一到一半。本研究开发了一个综合的永久冻土土地使用者系统,为未来研究的主题调查提供了一个框架,这将为大规模的机构努力和当地相关的环境变化观察增加价值。使用来自阿拉斯加九个农村社区的基于社区的数据的永久冻土脆弱性地理空间模型,我们表明永久冻土融化是土地使用者面临的危险的主要驱动因素,占社区参与者报告的危险的三分之一到一半。本研究开发了一个综合的永久冻土土地使用者系统,为未来研究的主题调查提供了一个框架,这将为大规模的机构努力和当地相关的环境变化观察增加价值。使用来自阿拉斯加九个农村社区的基于社区的数据的永久冻土脆弱性地理空间模型,我们表明永久冻土融化是土地使用者面临的危险的主要驱动因素,占社区参与者报告的危险的三分之一到一半。本研究开发了一个综合的永久冻土土地使用者系统,为未来研究的主题调查提供了一个框架,这将为大规模的机构努力和当地相关的环境变化观察增加价值。

更新日期:2021-05-27
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