Infrastructure Investments for Improving Arctic Emergency Response across Multiple Man-Made Hazards

The Arctic has been experiencing significant changes to its climate, thus allowing the emergence of new tourism and industrial activities. Underdeveloped emergency response capabilities in the region raise concerns regarding managing man-made hazards; i.e., oil spill and mass rescue incidents. We propose a mathematical optimization model that considers new infrastructure investments within a limited budget to optimally allocate shared response resources across these different emergency response events. Our case study focuses on response in Arctic Alaska and helps answer policy questions that could aid decision-makers in the region.