Wildfires in permafrost areas, including smoldering fires (e.g., “zombie fires”), have increasingly become a concern the Arctic and subarctic. Their detection is difficult requires ground truthing. Local Indigenous knowledge are becoming useful sources of information that could guide future research wildfire management. This paper focuses on peatland Siberian subarctic taiga linked to local communities their infrastructure. It presents results field studies Evenki old-settler Tokma Khanda...

Abstract Cryosphere has a global role as biogeophysical phenomenon. It affects the livelihoods of people inhabiting permafrost areas and is affected by human activity within outside cryosphere’s geographical span. “Frozen Commons" (FC) are cryosphere resources landscapes, defined snow, ice, permafrost, that experienced, used, protected managed groups together. This paper highlights collaboration between herders scientists aimed at improving understanding frozen commons in northern Mongolia,...

This paper aims to identify details of interaction and mutual influence tourism transport infrastructure development using a combination sociological statistical methods. For the analysis, five key sites were selected in several parts Siberia, differing natural, socio-economic, ethnocultural quality, but possessing presence compact indigenous communities that reproduce traditional forms both cultural life economic activity. While each community has its own unique culture resources for...

Benefit sharing arrangements are a central element of the interactions between oil companies and local communities in resource regions Arctic sub-Arctic. This paper focused on developing systematic understanding typology benefit within sector Russian sub-Arctic, using Irkutsk Oil Region as case study. It provided critical analysis prevalent practices (modes mechanisms sharing), well examined institutional social underpinnings these frameworks. Qualitative methodology with semi-structured...

Road infrastructure development is an existing, but not a frequent element of extractive industry benefit-sharing frameworks in remote northern regions. However, it often at the center activity and inflicts major impact on environment communities. This paper examines benefits impacts derived from informal roads, i.e., vehicular roadways beyond current publicly-governed road networks constructed, maintained and/or used by various entities individuals based private, special purpose practices...

The paper is aimed at assessing the associations between road networks geography and dynamics of wildfire events in East Siberian boreal forest. We examined relationship function roads, their use, management ignition, propagation, termination during catastrophic fire season 2016 Irkutsk Region Russia. Document analysis interviews were utilized to identify main forest users infrastructure functional types examine practices. combined community observations satellite remotely sensed data assess...

В статье рассмотрены территориальные связи тувинцев-тоджинцев Тоджинского кожууна Республики Тыва, сойотов Окинского района Бурятия, тофаларов Нижнеудинского Иркутской области, эвенков Тындинского Амурской области и Нерюнгринского Саха (Якутия). Это территории традиционного проживания коренных малочисленных народов из разных субъектов Российской Федерации, представляющие собой отдаленные труднодоступные территории. Исследование направлено на поиск оптимального набора показателей устойчивого...

This article discusses the prospects for development of sustainable tourism as an element network system in Okinsky District, Republic Buryatia, RF. Before COVID-19-related restrictions, number tourists this area increased annually, which was associated with attractiveness terrain visitors. The potential sector District comes from combination a large natural resources. has rich water resources, including rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and mineral springs, well-preserved mountainous landscapes...

The need of the global economy for natural resources encourages movement extractive industries to new areas, significantly affecting local communities. study community sustainability under influence is multidimensional, as it depends on geographical characteristics area, historical background, sociocultural and institutional environments, current government policies, so on. Therefore, important these local-level studies comprehensively consider heterogeneous qualitative quantitative data,...

The paper reveals opportunities and limitations of tourism development in one the most inaccessible areas mountains Southern Siberia: Todzhinsky kozhuun, Republic Tyva, RF. Taking into account key indicators that reflect natural, historical, cultural, socio-economic characteristics territory, using GIS technologies, a comprehensive assessment mapping recreational potential (TRP) territory was carried out. method multicomponent scoring used this work. Consequentially, study area divided by...

The village of Verkhnemarkovo is located in a remote oil region the Irkutskaya Oblast Siberian part Russian Federation. Active socio-economic development began with discovery an field near settlement middle 20th century. In aftermath dissolution Soviet Union once thriving faced massive out migration and also decay good transportation infrastructure. This article shows changes provision transport infrastructure mobility practices this around 2500 people. It raises issue corporate social...

Verkhnemarkovo, a small Siberian town located on an oil field in Russia’s Irkutsk region, is plagued by bad roads and limited mobility. This article explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility wellbeing of individuals communities, with focus transport mobility infrastructure. Some companies, such as Oil Company, are tied to sustainability standards international financial institutions. The addresses question why people limbo state local operating companies. Contemporary...

Transport provision in remote territories is one of the most important factors maintaining sustainability socio-economic and ecological systems. Indigenous peoples Siberia have always been mobile using diverse traditional ways across taiga. During Soviet period, transition to settled life, along with technological development emergence new modes transport, such as off-road cars, snowmobiles, motor boats, significantly affected level population mobility, including areas where people are...

The article examines the impact of processes new industrial development natural resources North on socio-economic conditions and prospects for long-term municipal districts. Particular attention is paid to problems administrative management these territories in context concept sustainable development, which especially relevant resource regions, since with all benefits received by different actors, an economy based exhaustible limited causes significant damage environment. purpose determine...

In our study, we focused attention on identifying general patterns and specific regional features of the development tourism, transport infrastructure interests indigenous peoples territory Sayan Crossroads. Regional federal authorities consider it necessary to develop tourism in areas under consideration order improve quality life local population. A sharp increase number tourists, as well without taking into account opinion population, can lead serious contradictions conflicts, contribute...

Geoinformation modeling and mapping were carried out depicted in cartograms of the individual parameters models necessary for calculating society response current indicators to spreading new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic various countries. The epidemic process is described terms reliability theory by accumulation disease frequency as sum daily increase proportion infection’s confirmed cases. Fréchet distribution function maximum values population reaction moments contagion used a...

В статье выявляются закономерности социальных процессов во взаимосвязях и взаимовлиянии развития туризма, транспортной инфраструктуры местного сообщества в Тоджинском кожууне Республики Тыва. Интерес к данной территории обусловлен значительными переменами ней, связанными с введением эксплуатацию дороги Кызыл — Тоора-Хем (2009 г.) недавним (2022 открытием моста, связавшим берега Большого Енисея Также ходе обследования зафиксировано отношение социума происходящим изменениям рассматриваемой...

Как правило, различные культуры и народы имеют свои уникальные экономические, географические этнические особенности.Вместе с тем, научно-технологический прогресс приводит к изменениям жизненного культурного уклада любого народа, которые напрямую зависят от степени его адаптации новым технологиям, экономическим изменениям.При этом уровень развития инфраструктуры в регионе проживания также оказывает существенное влияние как на окружающую природу, так образ жизни местных жителей.Близкое...

The availability of natural resources drives the exploration and transformation remote regions in Arctic beyond. Extractive infrastructure is one major sources industrial development environmental impact on landscapes. For Indigenous people, these landscapes are homely environments full sentient beings, for other local communities, they provide a wide variety subsistence hunting resources. While extractive violence evident issue many there more complicated situations where adopted utilized...

Abstract This article focuses on informal road networks in remote Siberian communities: their connectivity and the relations between owners users. These roads serve both as conduits hindrances for local connectivities. Data was collected villages Vershina Khandy Tokma of Irkutsk region, study describes variety region: subsistence trails tracks, inter-settlement roads, forest oil gas service roads. Different actors participate expansion network; our research demonstrates that communities...

Информационно-математическая технология сбора и первичной обработки пространственных данных организуется в форме геоинформационного мониторинга (ГИМ) по метатеоретическим принципам строения пространственно-распределенных коммутационных полей - расслоенных функционально связанных пространств конструктивной деятельности. Это соответствует правилам информационного математического обеспечения САПР создания пространственно-графических форм тематических карт разного содержания. Вокруг...

Abstract Mostly ecosystem problems concern contradictions between extensive land use and cover in the context of sustainable agricultural landscape. Environment governance along with planning development requires a thorough consideration capacities flows services concomitant goods as well. Pertinent assessment is usually performed through mapping techniques. However, experts emphasized need to find apply novel means presenting structure dynamics service-providing entities. This paper...

Abstract In this article we consider the main problems associated with anthropogenic load and underdeveloped tourist infrastructure on Olkhon Island. Large numbers of tourists arrive island uncontrollably, complicating operation transport putting pressure landscape. regard, there is a need to develop way control flow. Island protected area, natural resources which are by many laws restrictions. At same time, restricting entry not possible due fact that tourism for residents earn money....