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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.020 |
Good for the Economy? An Ecological Economics Approach to Analyzing Alberta's Bitumen Industry | |
Kits, Gerda J. | |
2017-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 139 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada |
英文摘要 | Competing claims about the economic, social and environmental impacts of bitumen projects make Alberta's oilsands industry highly contentious. This paper uses a case study of a major bitumen project, Shell Canada's Jackpine mine expansion, to examine the evidence considered by government decision-makers in the project approval process. The project was determined to be "in the public interest" based primarily on its economic benefits, despite significant adverse environmental and social impacts. The paper evaluates the evidence that was presented to support this decision, using three criteria, drawn from ecological economics: efficient allocation, just distribution, and sustainable macroeconomic scale. It finds that the evidence presented is, in fact, insufficient to justify the project on any of the three criteria. Furthermore, other studies of the bitumen industry cast doubt on the likelihood that the project would satisfy these criteria if further analysis were conducted. It concludes by recommending several measures that could help to improve decision-making on bitumen projects in the future. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Bitumen Oilsands Alberta Resource policy Ecological economics |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000403133900007 |
WOS关键词 | COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS ; OIL SANDS ; CANADA ; POLICY |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15686 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Kings Univ, 9125 50 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kits, Gerda J.. Good for the Economy? An Ecological Economics Approach to Analyzing Alberta's Bitumen Industry[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2017,139. |
APA | Kits, Gerda J..(2017).Good for the Economy? An Ecological Economics Approach to Analyzing Alberta's Bitumen Industry.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,139. |
MLA | Kits, Gerda J.."Good for the Economy? An Ecological Economics Approach to Analyzing Alberta's Bitumen Industry".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 139(2017). |
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