This is Section 6.3 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Lead Author: Arne Instanes; Contributing Authors: Oleg Anisimov,
Lawson Brigham, Douglas Goering, Lev N. Khrustalev, Branko
Ladanyi, Jan Otto Larsen; Consulting Authors: Orson Smith, Amy
Stevermer, Betsy Weatherhead, Gunter Weller Infrastructure is
defined as facilities with permanent foundations or the
essential elements of a community. It includes schools;
hospitals; various types of buildings and structures; and
facilities such as roads, railways, airports, pipelines,
harbors, power stations, and power, water, and sewage lines.
Infrastructure forms the basis for regional and national
economic growth. In the Arctic, the largest population
concentrations are located in North America and Russia, as is
much of the existing infrastructure. Most arctic facilities are
connected with population concentrations, extraction of natural
resources, or military activity. In the case of industrial or
military developments, facilities typically include industrial