Planning for the impacts of mega projects: Two North American examples
Abstract
Recent large-scale oil and mining developments in North America have been planned to achieve positive social impacts on rural communities. We review some general issues of social-impacts planning through the resource-development cycle. Such planning is illustrated by two recent examples of successful megaprojects — Red Dog Mine in Alaska, and Hibernia oilfield off Newfoundland.
Department
Sociology
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Journal Title
Social and Environmental Impacts in the North: Methods in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
Publisher
Springer
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Book Chapter
Recommended Citation
Storey, K. & L.C. Hamilton. 2004. “Planning for the impacts of mega projects: Two North American examples,” pp. 281–302 in R.O. Rasmussen & N.E. Koroleva (eds.) Social and Environmental Impacts in the North. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Rights
© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers.