The rise and fall of Pyramiden : The story of a town in a wider geopolitical and environmental context

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00125703" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00125703 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/rise-and-fall-of-pyramiden-the-story-of-a-town-in-a-wider-geopolitical-and-environmental-context/4D1DF3F5AA14F3E83309F26F2405F3FC" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/rise-and-fall-of-pyramiden-the-story-of-a-town-in-a-wider-geopolitical-and-environmental-context/4D1DF3F5AA14F3E83309F26F2405F3FC</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000018" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0032247422000018</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The rise and fall of Pyramiden : The story of a town in a wider geopolitical and environmental context

Original language description

Climate change has become significantly pronounced in the Arctic over recent decades. In addition to these climate effects, the environment has experienced severe anthropogenic pressure connected to increased human activities, including the exploitation of natural resources and tourism. The opportunity to exploit some of the natural riches of Svalbard was promptly grasped by the Soviet Union well before the 1940s. In this paper, we present the story of Pyramiden, a mining settlement in central Svalbard. The Soviet town experienced its golden age in the 1970–1980s but fell into decline in the late 1990s which corresponds well with the overall economic and geopolitical situation of the Soviet Union. The impacts of past mining activities and related urban infrastructure development are illustrated with the use of historic aerial photographs. The most pronounced changes in the terrain configuration were connected to adjustments of the river network, construction of roads, water reservoirs, and obviously mining-related activities. The natural processes overwhelmed the city infrastructure rather quickly after the abandonment of the town in 1998, though some traces of human activities may persist for decades or centuries. Nowadays, Russia has been attempting to recover the settlement especially through support of tourism and research activities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Polar Record

ISSN

0032-2474

e-ISSN

1475-3057

Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1-15

UT code for WoS article

000784566200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85129413413