Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs IWGIA
People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs IWGIA
ISBN: 978-87-91563-86-7
Verlag: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
With a focus on the North American Arctic, Pipeline Dreams discusses how dreams of extracting resource wealth have been significant in influencing and shaping relations between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, as well as for the opening up of northern frontier regions to economic development. Pipeline Dreams looks at the emergence of the circumpolar North as an imagined hydrocarbon province and, through a detailed discussion of plans to explore for oil and gas and to build pipelines across the Arctic and Subarctic lands, it discusses a number of case studies from Canada and Alaska, as well as from other circumpolar regions, which illustrate some of the diverse perspectives, interests and concerns of indigenous peoples.
The book considers and reflects upon the idea of the Arctic as a resource frontier and the concerns expressed by a variety of groups and commentators over the social and environmental impacts of oil and gas development, as well as the opportunities that oil and gas activities may bring to both the long-term viability of indigenous and local communities, and to the sustainability of indigenous and local livelihoods, cultures, and societies.