NNA Incubator: Collaborative Research: Sustainable Transitions through Arctic Redevelopment (STAR)

NNA 孵化器：合作研究：通过北极再开发实现可持续转型 (STAR)

• 批准号: 2220556
• 负责人: Roman Sidortsov
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2220556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNA; Incubator; Collaborative; Research; Sustainable

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region, and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment, built environment, and social systems, and addresses important societal challenges and engages with international partners.With the launch of the Decade on Ecological Restoration by the United Nations in 2021, momentum is growing towards visioning a sustainable future for aging industrial sites worldwide. In the Arctic, these aging sites, including mining operations, have experienced immense neglect in part due to the remoteness of the region. With climate warming leading to increased ice and permafrost melt and expanded access to the region, these sites are increasingly vulnerable to further deterioration but pose an opportunity to understand how these sites can be developed for the future. This project lays the groundwork for understanding these futures for diverse industrial sites across the Arctic, focusing on cooperation with local communities to understand and vision sustainable development goals for the Arctic.This planning grant brings together a team of scholars with broad experience across the Arctic to develop a research agenda around sustainable redevelopment goals of postindustrial extractive sites. It includes five case study sites with varying physical and political geographies in the United States (Alaska), Canada (Northwest Territory), Finland (Lapland), Greenland (Southeast) and Sweden (Norrbotten). Post-industrial redevelopment themes will be investigated by conducting Participatory Spatial Analysis and Visioning Workshops and will include, a) new mineral extraction prospects in old tailings residues; b) tourism around mineral extraction co-existence; c) transformation of underground mines for novel energy storage infrastructure; d) diversifying regional economy and minimizing land use impacts; and e) ecological restoration for Indigenous livelihood generation. The study will contribute to understanding the multifaceted relationship between Arctic residents that live in post-mining communities and their natural and cultural landscapes. It will also contribute to expanding the definition of resilient infrastructure to include sustainable post-primary use and redevelopment. The project will strengthen partnerships among the three lead U.S. institutions and international partners, particularly the European Union.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

新北极航行（NNA）是NSF的十大创意之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的趋同科学挑战。这项北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和地球仪的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA授权从地方到国际规模的新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持具有明确潜力的规划活动来实现这一目标的一部分，以开发新颖，前沿的研究思路和方法来实现NNA目标。它整合了自然环境、建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面，应对重要的社会挑战，并与国际合作伙伴开展合作。随着联合国于2021年启动生态恢复十年，全球老龄化工业用地的可持续未来愿景正不断增强。在北极地区，这些老化的场地，包括采矿作业，由于该地区的偏远而受到极大的忽视。随着气候变暖导致更多的冰和永久冻土融化，并扩大进入该地区，这些网站越来越容易受到进一步恶化，但提供了一个机会，了解这些网站如何可以开发的未来。该项目为了解北极地区不同工业用地的未来奠定了基础，重点是与当地社区合作，了解和展望北极地区的可持续发展目标。该规划拨款汇集了一批在北极地区拥有广泛经验的学者，围绕工业化后开采地的可持续再开发目标制定研究议程。它包括五个案例研究地点，在美国（阿拉斯加），加拿大（西北地区），芬兰（拉普兰），格陵兰（东南）和瑞典（Norrbotten）的不同物理和政治地理。将通过举办前瞻性空间分析和愿景研讨会来研究工业后再开发主题，包括：a）旧尾矿中新的矿物开采前景; B）矿物开采共存的旅游业; c）地下矿山改造为新型能源储存基础设施; d）区域经济多样化和最大限度地减少土地使用影响;以及e）生态恢复以促进土著生计。这项研究将有助于了解生活在采矿后社区的北极居民与其自然和文化景观之间的多方面关系。它还将有助于扩大复原力基础设施的定义，以包括可持续的初级后使用和再开发。该项目将加强美国三个主要机构和国际合作伙伴之间的伙伴关系，特别是欧盟。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。