Cumulative Effects of Arctic Oil Development - planning and designing for sustainability

该项目设计了一种可持续的方法，通过结合详细的地面研究、当地社区的投入、行业参与和国际视角来评估石油勘探的累积影响。提出了一个三管齐下的倡议：1)阿拉斯加州普拉德霍湾工业基础设施累积影响的案例研究，将重点放在与砾石矿、道路和其他碎石铺设区域相关的基础设施相关影响上。这项研究将包括实地研究、对基础设施和多尺度地貌变化的审查，以及人的因素部分，其中包括对阿拉斯加北部基础设施适应性管理规划的评价，以及与伊尼乌皮亚特村Nuiqsut有关的CE研究。这项研究将以过程为基础，了解与基础设施有关的多年冻土/地貌/植被在经历热岩溶形成(由于富含冰的永久冻土融化而形成的高度侵蚀地貌)的地形上的演替。这项研究将有助于回答这样的问题：这些地区在50-100年后会是什么样子？然后呢？适应性管理方法能否解决与北阿拉斯加基础设施的放置、使用和退役相关的复杂问题？2)北极基础设施行动小组(AI-AG)将使北极基础设施行动小组的问题在国际北极研究界变得更加突出。AI-AGI将由与发展基础设施互动的当地人、永久冻土科学家、生态学家、水文学家、工程师、社会科学家和教育工作者组成，他们寻求制定适应性管理战略，以解决与北极永久冻土环境中基础设施网络相关的独特问题。三个研讨会将把泛北极的参与者聚集在一起，首先是一个范围确定研讨会，然后专门关注北极基础设施扩张最快的两个地区--阿拉斯加北坡和俄罗斯亚马尔半岛。3)一个教育/宣传部分将对学生进行北极系统方面的培训，并在阿拉斯加埃利奥特和道尔顿公路沿线考察期间向他们介绍工业发展和适应性管理办法的问题。该课程将包括普拉德霍湾的一个部分，以第一手了解油田基础设施的问题、其影响和植被恢复实践。学生们还将参观Nuiqsut村，体验乡村生活，并与当地居民讨论行政长官问题。

This project devises a sustainable approach to assessing the cumulative effects of oil exploration though combining detailed ground studies, local community input, industry involvement, and an international perspective. A three-pronged initiative is proposed: 1) A case study of the cumulative effects of industrial infrastructure at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska will focus on infrastructure-related effects associated with gravel mines, roads and other areas of gravel placement. The study will include ground-based studies, an examination of infrastructure and landscape change at multiple scales, and a human dimension component that includes evaluation of adaptive management planning for infrastructure in northern Alaska and CE studies associated with the Iñupiat village of Nuiqsut. The study will develop a process-based understanding of infrastructure-related permafrost/ landform/ vegetation succession in terrain undergoing thermokarst formation (the development of highly eroded landforms the result from the thawing of ice-rich permafrost). The study will help to answer the questions ?What will these areas look like in 50 -100 years?? and ? Can adaptive management methods address the complex issues related to placement, usage and decommissioning of infrastructure in Northern Alaska?? 2) An Arctic Infrastructure Action Group (AI-AG) will bring the CE issues to greater prominence in the international Arctic research community. The AI-AGwill consist of local people who interact with development infrastructure, permafrost scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, engineers, social scientists and educators seeking to develop adaptive management strategies that address the unique issues related to networks of infrastructure in arctic permafrostenvironments. Three workshops will bring panarctic participants together, first in a scoping workshop and then to focus specifically on the two most rapidly expanding areas of Arctic infrastructure, the North Slope of Alaska and the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. 3) An education/outreach component will train students in arctic systems and introduce them to the issues of industrial development and adaptive management approaches during an expedition along the Elliott and Dalton highways in Alaska. The course will include a section at Prudhoe Bay to learn firsthand about the issues with oilfield infrastructure, its impacts and vegetation rehabilitation practices. Students will also visit the village of Nuiqsut to experience village life and discuss CE issues with the local residents.