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: 2220555
• 负责人: Saleem Ali
• 金额: $ 14万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 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=2220555&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.

导航新北极（NNA）是美国国家科学基金会的十大构想之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的融合科学挑战。这项北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和全球的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA支持从地方到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正式和非正式教育的努力，并在适当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，以开发新颖，领先的研究理念和方法来实现NNA目标，从而实现了该目标的一部分。它整合了 自然环境、建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面， 解决了重要的社会挑战，并与国际合作伙伴进行了接触。随着联合国于2021年启动“生态恢复十年”，为世界各地老化的工业基地设想可持续未来的势头日益增强。在北极，这些老化的地点，包括采矿作业，经历了巨大的忽视，部分原因是该地区地处偏远。随着气候变暖导致更多的冰和永久冻土融化，以及进入该地区的范围扩大，这些遗址越来越容易受到进一步恶化的影响，但也为了解如何为未来开发这些遗址提供了机会。该项目为了解北极地区不同工业基地的未来奠定了基础，重点是与当地社区合作，了解和展望北极的可持续发展目标。这项规划资助汇集了一群在北极地区拥有丰富经验的学者，围绕后工业采掘地点的可持续再开发目标制定研究议程。它包括美国（阿拉斯加）、加拿大（西北地区）、芬兰（拉普兰）、格陵兰岛（东南部）和瑞典（北北区）五个具有不同自然和政治地理位置的案例研究地点。将通过举办参与性空间分析和设想讲习班来调查后工业重建主题，并将包括：a)在旧尾矿残留物中开采新矿物的前景；B)旅游周边矿产开采并存；C)地下矿山新型储能基础设施改造；D)使区域经济多样化并尽量减少土地使用的影响；e)生态恢复，为土著居民创造生计。这项研究将有助于理解生活在采矿后社区的北极居民与他们的自然和文化景观之间的多方面关系。它还将有助于扩大弹性基础设施的定义，包括可持续的初级设施后使用和重建。该项目将加强美国三大主要机构与国际伙伴，特别是欧盟之间的伙伴关系。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。