The politics of non-renewable resource development in Greenland, North Norway and Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Morton, Nicholas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1980
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Svalbard; Northwest Territories; Greenland; Norway; Morton; Mackenzie Valley; Alaska North Slope; Nord-Norge; North Norway; north slope; Polar Record; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400003375; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400003375

Only recently has the importance of politics in northern resource development been apparent. Governments, resource companies, and the public thought that lack of technology would be the major obstacle in the way of exploiting non-renewable resources in northern areas. The political difficulties enco...