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

Ivan Potravny, Andrey Novoselov, Irina Novoselova, Katherine Yeshia Chávez Ferreyra and Violetta Gassiy ()
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Ivan Potravny: Basic Department of Project and Program Management Capital Group, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyanny Lane, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Andrey Novoselov: Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyanny Lane, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Irina Novoselova: Department of Industry Markets, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 76 Leningradsky Prosp., 125993 Moscow, Russia
Katherine Yeshia Chávez Ferreyra: Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Gabriel Rene Moreno University, Santa Cruz de la Sierra 4500, Bolivia
Violetta Gassiy: Public Administration Department, Kuban State University, 149 Stavroposkaya, 350040 Krasnodar, Russia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: 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 considered in the paper. The authors analyze its impact on traditional lands and the environment. To ensure sustainability and to optimize the natural resources’ use for route selection for minerals’ transportation in the Arctic, a system of criteria is proposed. It covers not only the cost of transportation and the distance from the deposit to the processing point, but also the damage to traditional lands of indigenous peoples, and environmental and social risks. An algorithm for choosing the optimal solution for the conservation of natural resources and traditional lands during the transportation of minerals is proposed. It depends on the developed criteria. The proposed approaches can be used during industrial development and investment in the Arctic to optimize the routes of mineral resources’ transportation.

Keywords: indigenous peoples; the Arctic; transportation; optimal choice; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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