Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes: Community Information

This data set contains detailed community information for regions of Canada and Alaska. These data are utilized in the Arctic Rapid Integrated Monitoring System (ArcticRIMS) project to improve the development of the water stress model. This water stress model shows the effects of water resources, humans and climate change in the Arctic. Recent studies suggest that climate change will have a significant impact on Arctic hydrology. However, it is currently unknown which regions of the pan-Arctic are most vulnerable to future changes. In order to begin to address the future change to freshwater availability on a pan-Arctic scale, a system of Arctic typologies were used to enable the integration of biophysical data with socio-cultural data produced regionally, such as demographics and water values. Those mature data sets were used to study the strategic transformations of the high latitude water cycle. The overall objective of this research is to use a wide array of existing data sets in a synthesis effort to describe the vital role of freshwater in the lives of people in the pan-Arctic, how it has changed in the recent past, and how it is likely to change in the future.

本数据集包含加拿大及阿拉斯加地区的详细社区信息。这些数据被应用于北极快速综合监测系统（ArcticRIMS）项目，以推动水资源压力模型的优化发展。该模型可揭示北极地区水资源、人类活动与气候变化之间的相互影响。近期研究表明，气候变化将对北极水文产生显著作用，但目前尚不清楚泛北极区域中哪些子区域对未来变化最为敏感。为着手应对泛北极尺度下淡水可利用性的未来变化，研究采用了一套北极类型学体系（Arctic typologies），实现了生物物理数据（biophysical data）与区域生成的社会文化数据（socio-cultural data）——如人口统计数据（demographics）和水资源价值数据（water values）——的整合。这些成熟数据集被用于探究高纬度水循环的战略性转变。本研究的核心目标是通过综合利用各类现有数据集，阐明淡水在泛北极人类生活中的关键角色、其近期演变特征及未来可能的发展趋势。