Arctic Oil and Gas: Sustainability at Risk?

ISBN-13: 9780415443302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 408 str.

Mikkelsen, Aslaug

Opis

This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from a social and developmental perspective, raising questions concerning the interaction between indigenous peoples, governments and oil and gas companies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction, 2. Framing Oil and Gas in the Arctic from a Sustainable Development Perspective, 3. Climate Change and Consequences for the Arctic, 4. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The economic and institutional responsibility of business, 5. Framework and Methodology: Regulation and discourse analysis as a research strategy, 6. Legal and Institutional Framework: A comparitive analysis, 7. Expanding Oil and Gas Activities on the North Slope of Alaska, 8. Oil and Gas Activities at the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada's North-West Territories, 9. Going North: The new petroleum province of Norway, 10. The Russian Model: Merging profit and sustainability, 11. Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic; What implications for the Oil and Gas Industry?, 12. Perceptions of Arctic Challenges: Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia compared,13. Managerial Implications 

O autorze

Aslaug Mikkelsen is Rector of the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Oluf Langhelle is Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger in Norway.