Planning for British Columbia's Northeast Coal Development
Author: Canada. Department of Regional Economic Expansion
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
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Planning for British Columbia's Northeast Coal Development
Author: British Columbia. Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9780771987403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnbuilt Environments
Author: Jonathan Peyton
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2017-01-27
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0774833076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the latter half of the twentieth century, legions of industrial pioneers came to northwestern British Columbia with grand plans for mines, dams, and energy-development schemes. Yet many of their projects failed to materialize or were abandoned midstream. Unbuilt Environments reveals that these lapsed resource projects had lasting effects on the natural and human environment. Drawing on a range of case studies to analyze the social and environmental impacts of unfinished projects, Jonathan Peyton considers development failure a productive concept for northwestern Canada. He looks at a closed asbestos mine, an abandoned rail grade, an imagined series of hydroelectric installations, a failed LNG export facility, and a transmission line – and finds that these unrealized developments continue to shape contemporary resource conflicts.
Investing in Place
Author: Sean Markey
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0774822945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe future of northern British Columbia, a vast, resource-rich region of vibrant cultures and diverse communities, could be either driven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by innovative, place-based solutions that seek to build viable communities and resilient local and regional economies. Investing in Place is about creating the foundations for renewing northern British Columbia’s rural and small-town economies. Markey, Halseth, and Manson argue that renewal is not about nostalgic reliance on the policies and economic strategies of the past – rather, it is about building a pragmatic and innovative vision for development, one that acknowledges both the opportunities and the challenges posed by resource development and global and technological change. For policy-makers and residents alike the path to renewal lies in place-based development, which consists of people working together at all levels of the community and region to take advantage of local opportunities in a sustainable, responsible way.
CIM Bulletin
Author: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 762
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Integration Imperative
Author: Michael P. Gillingham
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-05
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 331922123X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this work is to develop a better understanding and thinking about the cumulative impacts of multiple natural resource development projects. Cumulative impacts are now one of the most pressing, but complex challenges facing governments, industry, communities, and conservation and natural resource professionals. There has been technical and policy research exploring how cumulative environmental impacts can be assessed and managed. These studies, however, have failed to consider the necessary integration of community, environment and health. Informed by knowledge and experience in northern British Columbia, this book seeks to expand our understanding of the cumulative impacts of natural resource development through an integrated lens. The book offers a timely response to a growing imperative – proposing integrative response to multiple natural resource developments in a way that addresses converging environment, community and health issues. Informed by the editors’ experiences across several complementary areas of expertise, we envision this book as appealing to a wide range of researchers, educators and practitioners, with relevance to a growing audience with appetite for and interest in integrative approaches.
Green Gold
Author: Patricia Marchak
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 0774845074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive analysis of the social, political, and economic role of forests as one of the principal single-staple industries in British Columbia, this book explores the history of forestry in the province, legislation and governmental control, labour unions, community and industry structure, employment conditions for men and women, job security, and 'boom or bust' ideologies.
