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21 Citations
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Social Investing Modeling for Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic

  • Andrey Novoselov,
  • Ivan Potravny,
  • Irina Novoselova and
  • Violetta Gassiy

14 January 2022

The method of the social investing of the Arctic subsoil users is considered in this article. As the portfolio of social investments is formed based on the interests of indigenous peoples, the authors used expert assessment and sociological research...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,274 Views
16 Pages

19 January 2021

Global warming is increasing interest in the Arctic on surrounding countries. In the processes taking place, they see developmental opportunities and risks, especially for the environment overburdened by increased human activity. The need to balance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,718 Views
12 Pages

Management of Externalities in the Context of Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic Zone

  • Vera P. Samarina,
  • Tatiana P. Skufina,
  • Diana Yu. Savon and
  • Alexey I. Shinkevich

12 July 2021

The territory of the Arctic is of interest from the point of view of the strategic development of the economy. However, the industrialization of the Arctic zone is accompanied by both a positive and a negative influence on the country’s socio-economi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,746 Views
20 Pages

31 January 2020

Since the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, efforts are underway to identify indicators for monitoring progress. However, perceptions of sustainability are scale and place specific, and there has also been a call for S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,864 Views
31 Pages

19 March 2023

With climate change, melting sea ice and snow in the Arctic increase the probability that states engage in activities there. The prosperity of Arctic activities serves as a reminder to the international community that the issue of Arctic governance m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,669 Views
20 Pages

Opportunities of Development of Eco-Tourism in the Karelian Arctic in the Conditions of the Existing Environmental and Social Challenges

  • Anastasia V. Vasilieva,
  • Alexander D. Volkov,
  • Valentina V. Karginova-Gubinova and
  • Sergey V. Tishkov

The formation of a competitive tourist space in the Arctic regions is expedient from the standpoint of diversification of predominantly single-industry local economies and increasing the socio-economic sustainability of local communities. However, it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,008 Views
27 Pages

23 December 2020

Effective management of the social and economic development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is today a significant scientific and practical task. It requires an integrated approach to meet the expectations of the state, business and soci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
8,144 Views
18 Pages

8 December 2020

Currently, the Russian oil and gas industry is characterized by significant reserves depletion and the late stage of development of most fields. At the same time, new fields that are brought into industrial development, in the majority of cases, have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,753 Views
31 Pages

9 December 2021

According to the forecasts made by IEA, BP, and Total in early 2021, the demand for hydrocarbons will continue for decades, and their share in the global energy balance will remain significant. Russia, as a key player in the energy market, is interes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,590 Views
25 Pages

A Methodology for Forecasting the KPIs of a Region’s Development: Case of the Russian Arctic

  • Yuriy Zhukovskiy,
  • Pavel Tsvetkov,
  • Anastasia Koshenkova,
  • Ivan Skvortsov,
  • Iuliia Andreeva and
  • Valeriya Vorobeva

1 August 2024

Forecasting the development of regions is one of the most challenging tasks of modern economics. The quality of any forecast is determined by the methodology used. Accordingly, criticism of existing forecasts is largely connected to their methodologi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,111 Views
28 Pages

3 July 2023

The Arctic region is well-known as a source of energy and mineral resources. Developing these resources by means of responsible practices could provide the world’s economy with strategically and critically important types of minerals. As a resu...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,762 Views
29 Pages

Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Shipping through the Lenses of Quadruple Bottom Line and Sustainable Development Goals

  • Stephen J. Tiller,
  • Adam P. Rhindress,
  • Ibrahim O. Oguntola,
  • M. Ali Ülkü,
  • Kent A. Williams and
  • Binod Sundararajan

15 February 2022

Climate change is everywhere, and the Arctic is no exception. The melting sea ice has caused renewed interest in expanding maritime shipping for potentially more accessible ocean routes. Canada emerges as a natural land bridge for trade between Asia,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,628 Views
37 Pages

Electronic Atlas of Climatic Changes in the Western Russian Arctic in 1950–2021 as Geoinformatic Support of Railway Development

  • Alexei D. Gvishiani,
  • Igor N. Rozenberg,
  • Anatoly A. Soloviev,
  • Andrey G. Kostianoy,
  • Sofia A. Gvozdik,
  • Ilya V. Serykh,
  • Roman I. Krasnoperov,
  • Nikolay V. Sazonov,
  • Irina A. Dubchak and
  • Georgy A. Gvozdik
  • + 2 authors

23 April 2023

The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is one of the most intensively developing regions of the country. Amongst the major domains of economic and industrial growth and improvement is transport infrastructure and particularly the railway network....

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,122 Views
28 Pages

Today, the issues of sustainable development are among the most pressing ones. They are particularly relevant in the context of mineral resource development as operations in this sector always have an impact on the environment and socioeconomic devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,329 Views
23 Pages

8 December 2021

Sustainable development of the Arctic is the main priority of the state policy regarding regional development of the Russian Federation. The study of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation for the formation of principles, methods and strategies, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,901 Views
38 Pages

Strategies for the Simulation of Sea Ice Organic Chemistry: Arctic Tests and Development

  • Scott Elliott,
  • Nicole Jeffery,
  • Elizabeth Hunke,
  • Clara Deal,
  • Meibing Jin,
  • Shanlin Wang,
  • Emma Elliott Smith and
  • Samantha Oestreicher

A numerical mechanism connecting ice algal ecodynamics with the buildup of organic macromolecules is tested within modeled pan-Arctic brine channels. The simulations take place offline in a reduced representation of sea ice geochemistry. Physical dri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,864 Views
10 Pages

A Mathematical Model of Regional Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Arctic Zone

  • Yury Boldyrev,
  • Sergey Chernogorskiy,
  • Konstantin Shvetsov,
  • Anatoly Zherelo and
  • Konstantin Kostin

28 February 2019

This work touches upon the tasks of describing regional socio-economic development. The nature of the considered problem indicates the fact that the only relevant tool here is mathematical modeling. In this paper, the application of mathematical mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,933 Views
16 Pages

18 February 2022

The article is devoted to the legal and economic aspects of Arctic seaport developments, using the example of the Russian Federation and the Northern Dimension (ND) partner countries, namely, Iceland and Norway. The authors consistently reveal all th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,670 Views
18 Pages

1 July 2023

This study mainly focuses on the development of the Arctic region and the difficulties it faces in the new situation. Finding a suitable development path for low-carbon environmental protection and sustainable development has gradually become the foc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,724 Views
25 Pages

The development of mineral resources in the Arctic territories is one of the priorities of the state policy of Russia. This endeavor requires modern technologies, high-quality personnel, and a large number of labor resources. However, the regions of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
6,420 Views
25 Pages

Scenario Modeling of Sustainable Development of Energy Supply in the Arctic

  • Yuriy Zhukovskiy,
  • Pavel Tsvetkov,
  • Aleksandra Buldysko,
  • Yana Malkova,
  • Antonina Stoianova and
  • Anastasia Koshenkova

7 December 2021

The 21st century is characterized not only by large-scale transformations but also by the speed with which they occur. Transformations—political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal-in synergy have always been a catalyst f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,553 Views
28 Pages

1 March 2024

The Arctic’s specific conditions require increased attention to natural and human capital. Therefore, implementing the principles of the sustainable development concept, balancing economic, social, and environmental goals is of paramount import...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,052 Views
9 Pages

Planning Sustainable Economic Development in the Russian Arctic

  • Alexander Evseev,
  • Tatiana Krasovskaya,
  • Vladimir Tikunov and
  • Irina Tikunova

Recent federal documents devoted to the Arctic zone economic development highlighted eight basic areas—future innovative centers of regional development. Totally 150 investment projects are planned by 2030, where 48% are designated for mineral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,024 Views
33 Pages

An Economic Model of Sustainable Development in the Russian Arctic: The Idea of Building Vertical Farms

  • Nikolay Didenko,
  • Djamilia Skripnuk,
  • Igor Ilin,
  • Vitally Cherenkov,
  • Alexander Tanichev and
  • Sergei V. Kulik

16 September 2021

The main aim of the article is to find out the key factors of sustainable development of the Russian Arctic, which is strategically significant for Russia. The academic literature was reviewed to find out the time dynamics of the references to the ec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,391 Views
29 Pages

7 October 2022

The urban development of areas in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is a relevant and important task to be tackled by contemporary urban planners. This focus is largely explained by the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and its port...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,861 Views
18 Pages

25 September 2020

The article discusses the issues of sustainable development of indigenous communities in the Arctic based on the optimization of projects of mining companies. The purpose of the article is to develop tools for decision-making to optimize the mining p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,019 Views
22 Pages

Sustainable Development in Sparsely Populated Territories: Case of the Russian Arctic and Far East

  • Nadezhda Stepanova,
  • Daria Gritsenko,
  • Tuyara Gavrilyeva and
  • Anna Belokur

18 March 2020

Extreme environmental conditions, sparsely distributed human populations, and diverse local economies characterize the Russian Arctic and Far East. There is an urgent need for multidisciplinary research into how the Arctic and Far East can be develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,290 Views
19 Pages

21 June 2021

In recent decades, there has been a positive trend in world politics in the field of promoting territories’ sustainable development. At the same time, one of the most relevant areas is to promote the transition to renewable energy sources (RES), whic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,297 Views
14 Pages

27 December 2020

Monitoring of social-ecological systems dynamics and sustainability is of high importance in a rapidly changing Arctic. The goal of this essay is to discuss and articulate the principles for designing a suitable Arctic sustainability monitoring frame...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,661 Views
18 Pages

5 December 2024

Black carbon, a short-lived climate forcer, has the dual impact of intensifying global warming and polluting the atmosphere. The further opening of Arctic shipping routes has resulted in a severe issue of black carbon emissions in this fragile region...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,119 Views
27 Pages

22 November 2021

Following the principles of sustainable development in the development of oil and gas fields in the Arctic will ensure that hydrocarbon production and transportation operations comply with stringent environmental regulations, the economies of the nor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,057 Views
17 Pages

Modeling Competition between Countries in the Development of Arctic Resources

  • Pavel Konyukhovskiy,
  • Victoria Holodkova and
  • Aleksander Titov

The article is devoted to the approaches that can be applied in the distribution of Arctic resources between the main reference countries of this region. The objective economic nature of the problems that arise in this region makes it possible to cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,727 Views
20 Pages

9 December 2022

The Arctic environment is experiencing profound and rapid changes that will have far-reaching implications for resilient and sustainable development at the local and global levels. To achieve sustainable Arctic futures, it is critical to equip policy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,206 Views
24 Pages

5 December 2012

Models and observations show that the Arctic is experiencing the most rapid changes in global near-surface air temperature. We developed novel EASE-grid Level 3 (L3) land surface temperature (LST) products from Level 2 (L2) AATSR and MODIS data to pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
4,373 Views
25 Pages

Biofuel Technologies and Petroleum Industry: Synergy of Sustainable Development for the Eastern Siberian Arctic

  • Kirill A. Bashmur,
  • Oleg A. Kolenchukov,
  • Vladimir V. Bukhtoyarov,
  • Vadim S. Tynchenko,
  • Sergei O. Kurashkin,
  • Elena V. Tsygankova,
  • Vladislav V. Kukartsev and
  • Roman B. Sergienko

12 October 2022

This article is a compilation of interdisciplinary studies aimed at ensuring the environmental, political, and economic sustainability of oil and gas-producing countries with a focus on areas with many years of permafrost. One of the main concepts ad...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,212 Views
19 Pages

9 December 2020

The significant resource potential of the Arctic has attracted the attention of its adjacent countries and extra-regional states. The mineral and raw material base of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) comprises a wide range of minerals...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,954 Views
18 Pages

2 October 2020

High transportation costs make energy and food expensive in remote communities worldwide, especially in high-latitude Arctic climates. Past attempts to grow food indoors in these remote areas have proven uneconomical due to the need for expensive imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,103 Views
17 Pages

Arctic Development in Connection with the Northern Sea Route: A Review of Ecological Risks and Ways to Avoid Them

  • Irina Makarova,
  • Dmitry Makarov,
  • Polina Buyvol,
  • Aleksandr Barinov,
  • Larysa Gubacheva,
  • Eduard Mukhametdinov and
  • Vadim Mavrin

3 October 2022

The unprecedented melting of Arctic ice provides new opportunities for shipping by decreasing the distance for commercial traffic between Asia and Europe by up to 40%. However, its development is associated with inevitable problems caused by the vuln...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,730 Views
14 Pages

In the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, hereinafter SR, the Arctic zones are the original habitat of indigenous peoples, who can conduct economic activities only in undisturbed or lightly disturbed lands. From this point of view, the problem of compensation...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,249 Views
19 Pages

30 October 2022

Small lakes are potentially effective environmental sensors; they react quickly to anthropogenic stressors. We studied the long-term response of water chemistry to reduced acid deposition and climate warming in the Kola Arctic region of Russia based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,117 Views
18 Pages

Joint Innovative Research Agenda for The Arctic: Programs, Projects, Success Stories

  • Konstantin S. Zaikov,
  • Lyubov A. Zarubina,
  • Svetlana V. Popkova,
  • Nikita M. Kuprikov,
  • Mikhail Yu. Kuprikov,
  • Daniil A. Kvon and
  • Leonid P. Ponyaev

22 October 2021

In the context of circumpolar international cooperation within the framework of the Joint Innovative Research Agenda, for the development of a systems approach, it is important to use the resources of existing platforms for multi-level mutually benef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,222 Views
12 Pages

The Assessment of Innovation Development in the Arctic Regions of Russia Based on the Triple Helix Model

  • Nikolay Egorov,
  • Tatiana Pospelova,
  • Anastasia Yarygina and
  • Elena Klochkova

This article presents the methodology and tools for the econometric analysis and assessment of the innovation development of the Russian Arctic regions, under the Triple Helix concept. The econometric calculations based on this methodology allow the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,817 Views
17 Pages

1 April 2021

The land-use of slope terrain in the Arctic region is important and relevant, as vast territories that are reserved for proposed cities’ development have disturbed land relief. The relevance of the study is also associated with an increased interest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,355 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors on the Migration of the Rural Arctic Population of Western Siberia

  • Elena Bogdanova,
  • Konstantin Filant,
  • Ekaterina Sukhova,
  • Maria Zabolotnikova,
  • Praskovia Filant,
  • Dele Raheem,
  • Olga Shaduyko,
  • Sergei Andronov and
  • Andrey Lobanov

17 June 2022

Environmental and anthropogenic factors represent challenges impacting the lifestyle and demographic rural population’s behaviour in the Russian Arctic that threaten its social and food security. We aim to explore (1) which key “push&rdqu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,239 Views
29 Pages

28 October 2025

Arctic plants inhabit extremely cold environments and are exposed to a range of abiotic stress factors. Arctic species exhibit remarkable adaptability to multiple environmental challenges, including a short growing season, low summer temperatures, co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,829 Views
18 Pages

3 November 2021

Cities play an important role in promoting sustainable development. In the Arctic, most particularly in Russia, cities concentrate the majority of residents and economic activity. Sustainable development initiatives are often deployed through program...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,774 Views
19 Pages

This article discusses the results of research on the benefit sharing system in Russia focusing on compensation of losses to indigenous peoples due to industrial development in the Arctic. The authors analyzed a Russian case-study on the economic mec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,548 Views
16 Pages

Route Selection for Minerals’ Transportation to Ensure Sustainability of the Arctic

  • Ivan Potravny,
  • Andrey Novoselov,
  • Irina Novoselova,
  • Katherine Yeshia Chávez Ferreyra and
  • Violetta Gassiy

1 December 2022

The article addresses the issues of route selection for minerals’ transportation based on social, economic, and environmental factors to ensure sustainability in the Arctic. The case of the Tomtor deposit of rare earth metals in Yakutia is cons...

  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
8,603 Views
18 Pages

New Concepts of Hydrogen Production and Storage in Arctic Region

  • Mikhail Dvoynikov,
  • George Buslaev,
  • Andrey Kunshin,
  • Dmitry Sidorov,
  • Andrzej Kraslawski and
  • Margarita Budovskaya

The development of markets for low-carbon energy sources requires reconsideration of issues related to extraction and use of oil and gas. Significant reserves of hydrocarbons are concentrated in Arctic territories, e.g., 30% of the world’s undi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,699 Views
13 Pages

16 January 2023

Due to the local and natural characteristics of high latitude and altitude in the Three Polar Region (TPR)—that is, the Antarctic, the Arctic, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP)—this region has been significantly affected by climate chan...

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