Digital and Logistical Infrastructures of the Arctic Zone: Current State of Research and Ways of Development

Annotation

The subject of the article is the analysis of the current state of research and practice in the field of transport, logistics and digital infrastructures in the Russian Arctic. The authors consider logistic and digital infrastructures as key communication subsystems that ensure the movement of material values, people and information, and thus serve as a prerequisite for the development of the macro-region under consideration. The research methods used were literature review of scientific sources and analysis of the obtained material. A systematic literature mapping was carried out on Scopus, Google Scholar, Elibrary databases. Aspects of the Arctic region development, including the role of logistics and digital infrastructures in this process, are described by scientific schools of Russia, Canada, Norway, China, USA and other countries. The analysis has shown the highly variable state of the subsystems under consideration depending on the specific region, as well as the lack of a comprehensive approach to their joint development and integration. It was stated that there is no such problem statement about the development of communication subsystems of the Arctic zone. On the basis of the analysis, the key directions for the development of logistics and digital infrastructure of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation were formulated. The authors’ recommendations, apart from the obvious tasks of developing sea routes, building and modernizing roads, railways and airports, expanding access to broadband internet and other widely discussed measures, describe the need to integrate the communication subsystems under consideration and focus on the potential of digital technologies to replace and/or supplement the logistics infrastructure in certain aspects.

About authors

Anastasia I. Levina, Dr. Sci. (Econ.)
levina_ai@spbstu.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4822-6768
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Alisa S. Dubgorn, Cand. Sci. (Econ.)
dubgorn@spbstu.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5012-0831
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Alexey M. Fadeev, Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Chief Researcher
FadeevTeam@yandex.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3833-3316
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
Luzin Institute for Economic Problems — Subdivision of the Federal Research Center “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, ul. Fersmana, 24a, Apatity, Russia

Sofia E. Kalyazina
kalyazina_se@spbstu.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1455-8534
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, ul. Polytechnicheskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Keywords

Arctic, Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, logistics, digital platforms, digital infrastructure, logistics infrastructure

DOI

https://doi.org/10.37482/issn2221-2698.2024.56.128

UDC

[004+338.47](985)(045)