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: 2220557
• 负责人: Bindu Panikkar
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
• 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=2220557&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.

NSF的10个大创意之一是导航新北极（NNA）。 NNA项目应对北极快速变化的融合科学挑战。需要进行这项北极研究，以告知国家，较大地区和地球的经济，安全和弹性。 NNA赋予从本地量表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，加强了正规和非正式教育方面的努力，并在适当的情况下整合了知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持规划活动具有明确的潜力来开发新颖的，领先的研究思想和方法来解决NNA目标，从而实现了这一目标的一部分。它整合了自然环境，建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面，并采取了重要的社会挑战，并与国际合作伙伴互动。随着2021年联合国对生态恢复的十年的发射，北极的势头正在增长，这些老龄化站点（包括矿业运营）在包括该地区重建的部分型挖掘场所，部分经历了巨大的忽视。随着气候变暖导致冰和永久冻土融化并扩大到该地区的通道，这些地点越来越容易受到进一步恶化的影响，但又有机会了解如何在未来开发这些站点。该项目为理解北极潜水员工业地点的这些未来奠定了基础，重点是与当地社区的合作，以了解和将北极的可持续发展目标与可持续发展的发展目标进行合作。本计划赠款将一组在北极进行了广泛经验的学者团队，以在围绕可持续的生产量的可持续发展目标围绕北极发展的北极经验。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），格陵兰岛（东南）和瑞典（Norrbotten）的案例研究地点。后工业重建主题将通过进行参与式空间分析和远见研讨会来研究，其中包括，a）旧尾矿保留率的新矿物提取前景； b）矿物提取共存周围的旅游； c）用于新型储能基础设施的地下矿山的转化； d）多元化的区域经济并最大程度地减少土地利用影响； e）生态生计产生的生态恢复。这项研究将有助于理解生活在矿业后社区及其自然和文化景观中的北极居民之间的多方面关系。它还将有助于扩大弹性基础设施的定义，包括可持续的主要使用和重建。该项目将加强美国三个主要机构和国际合作伙伴，尤其是欧盟的合作伙伴关系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，通过评估来诚实地获得支持。