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dc.contributor.authorAbdel-Fattah, Dina Tarek
dc.contributor.authorDanielson, Mats
dc.contributor.authorEkenberg, Love
dc.contributor.authorHock, Regine
dc.contributor.authorTrainor, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-05T12:15:30Z
dc.date.available2024-01-05T12:15:30Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-28
dc.description.abstractSurging glaciers are glaciers that experience rapidly accelerated glacier flow over a comparatively short period of time. Though relatively rare worldwide, Alaska is home to the largest number of surge-type glaciers globally. However, their impact on the broader socioecological system in the state is both poorly understood and underresearched, which poses a challenge in developing appropriate sustainability decisions in Alaska. We investigated how the surge patterns of the Bering Glacier in Alaska have potentially devastating effects on the local ecological biodiversity of its watershed via a structured decision-making analysis of the different possible consequences. Specifically, this analysis was conducted to explore the various outcomes of a Bering Glacier surge particularly if humans have an increased presence near the glacier due to the area potentially becoming a state park. This work explored the benefits of applying a risk and decision analytical framework in a cryosphere context, to better understand the socioeconomic impact of glacier surges. This is a novel approach in which a decision analysis tool was used to better understand an environmental sustainability challenge, offering an innovative method to support the achievement of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals in Alaska. We therefore emphasise the need for integrated biophysical and socioeconomic analyses when it comes to understanding glacier hazards. Our research highlights the importance of understanding and researching biophysical changes as well as using a structured decision-making process for complicated hazard planning scenarios, exemplified via glaciated regions in Alaska, in order to create adaptation strategies that are sustainable and encompass the range of possible outcomes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAbdel-Fattah, Danielson, Ekenberg, Hock, Trainor. Application of a structured decision-making process in cryospheric hazard planning: Case study of Bering Glacier surges on local state planning in Alaska. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2208489
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/mcda.1825
dc.identifier.issn1057-9214
dc.identifier.issn1099-1360
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32349
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)en_US
dc.titleApplication of a structured decision-making process in cryospheric hazard planning: Case study of Bering Glacier surges on local state planning in Alaskaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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