Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production
This paper presents the results of a community survey that was designed to better understand the effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure. Observations were collected from residents in four Arctic coastal communities: Point Lay, Wainwright, Utqiaġvik, and Kaktovi...
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| description | This paper presents the results of a community survey that was designed to better understand the effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure. Observations were collected from residents in four Arctic coastal communities: Point Lay, Wainwright, Utqiaġvik, and Kaktovik. All four communities are underlain by continuous ice-rich permafrost with varying degrees of degradation and coastal erosion. The types, locations, and periods of observed permafrost thaw and coastal erosion were elicited. Survey participants also reported the types of civil infrastructure being affected by permafrost degradation and coastal erosion and any damage to residential buildings. Most survey participants reported that coastal erosion has been occurring for a longer period than permafrost thaw. Surface water ponding, ground surface collapse, and differential ground settlement are the three types of changes in ground surface manifested by permafrost degradation that are most frequently reported by the participants, while houses are reported as the most affected type of infrastructure in the Arctic coastal communities. Wall cracking and house tilting are the most commonly reported types of residential building damage. The effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure vary between communities. Locations of observed permafrost degradation and coastal erosion collected from all survey participants in each community were stacked using heatmap data visualization. The heatmaps constructed using the community survey data are reasonably consistent with modeled data synthesized from the scientific literature. This study shows a useful approach to coproduce knowledge with Arctic residents to identify locations of permafrost thaw and coastal erosion at higher spatial resolution as well as the types of infrastructure damage of most concern to Arctic residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1979a76e96d425da22b35ff5f5c49102023-11-24T01:58:32ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-03-0110342210.3390/jmse10030422Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-ProductionMin Liew0Ming Xiao1Louise Farquharson2Dmitry Nicolsky3Anne Jensen4Vladimir Romanovsky5Jana Peirce6Lilian Alessa7Christopher McComb8Xiong Zhang9Benjamin Jones10Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USAGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USADepartment of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAAlaska Geobotany Center and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USALandscape Architecture Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USAMechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAInstitute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USAThis paper presents the results of a community survey that was designed to better understand the effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure. Observations were collected from residents in four Arctic coastal communities: Point Lay, Wainwright, Utqiaġvik, and Kaktovik. All four communities are underlain by continuous ice-rich permafrost with varying degrees of degradation and coastal erosion. The types, locations, and periods of observed permafrost thaw and coastal erosion were elicited. Survey participants also reported the types of civil infrastructure being affected by permafrost degradation and coastal erosion and any damage to residential buildings. Most survey participants reported that coastal erosion has been occurring for a longer period than permafrost thaw. Surface water ponding, ground surface collapse, and differential ground settlement are the three types of changes in ground surface manifested by permafrost degradation that are most frequently reported by the participants, while houses are reported as the most affected type of infrastructure in the Arctic coastal communities. Wall cracking and house tilting are the most commonly reported types of residential building damage. The effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure vary between communities. Locations of observed permafrost degradation and coastal erosion collected from all survey participants in each community were stacked using heatmap data visualization. The heatmaps constructed using the community survey data are reasonably consistent with modeled data synthesized from the scientific literature. This study shows a useful approach to coproduce knowledge with Arctic residents to identify locations of permafrost thaw and coastal erosion at higher spatial resolution as well as the types of infrastructure damage of most concern to Arctic residents.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/3/422permafrost thawcoastal erosioncivil infrastructurecommunity surveyco-production of knowledgeArctic |
| spellingShingle | Min Liew Ming Xiao Louise Farquharson Dmitry Nicolsky Anne Jensen Vladimir Romanovsky Jana Peirce Lilian Alessa Christopher McComb Xiong Zhang Benjamin Jones Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production Journal of Marine Science and Engineering permafrost thaw coastal erosion civil infrastructure community survey co-production of knowledge Arctic |
| title | Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production |
| title_full | Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production |
| title_short | Understanding Effects of Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion on Civil Infrastructure in Arctic Coastal Villages: A Community Survey and Knowledge Co-Production |
| title_sort | understanding effects of permafrost degradation and coastal erosion on civil infrastructure in arctic coastal villages a community survey and knowledge co production |
| topic | permafrost thaw coastal erosion civil infrastructure community survey co-production of knowledge Arctic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/3/422 |
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