The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland
Abstract In past discussions regarding development (of non-living resources) and indigenous people, a strong tendency existed to understand the act of development as a one-way impact from an outside society. This was often labelled as “environmental racism” and interpreted as a form of ethnic discri...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247419000676 2024-03-03T08:44:58+00:00 The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland Takahashi, Minori 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247419000676 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247419000676 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 56 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2020 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247419000676 2024-02-08T08:31:24Z Abstract In past discussions regarding development (of non-living resources) and indigenous people, a strong tendency existed to understand the act of development as a one-way impact from an outside society. This was often labelled as “environmental racism” and interpreted as a form of ethnic discrimination deeply intertwined with environmental issues. However, this view contained an element of confirmation bias regarding development and indigenous people. For example, it has been reported that in Alaska and elsewhere, indigenous people have taken initiative in developing non-living resources, making it clear that indigenous people are not necessarily passive subjects on whom development is unilaterally imposed. In this paper, after examining recent trends in the development of non-living resources, I shall take up the development of such resources in Greenland with the goal of sorting out and extrapolating the main arguments in the debate, especially within the self-rule government, regarding how the wealth obtained through the development of non-living resources should be enjoyed, while focusing on the notion of sustainable development and taking into consideration previous studies from the field of political science. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Polar Record Alaska Cambridge University Press Greenland Polar Record 56 |
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Abstract In past discussions regarding development (of non-living resources) and indigenous people, a strong tendency existed to understand the act of development as a one-way impact from an outside society. This was often labelled as “environmental racism” and interpreted as a form of ethnic discrimination deeply intertwined with environmental issues. However, this view contained an element of confirmation bias regarding development and indigenous people. For example, it has been reported that in Alaska and elsewhere, indigenous people have taken initiative in developing non-living resources, making it clear that indigenous people are not necessarily passive subjects on whom development is unilaterally imposed. In this paper, after examining recent trends in the development of non-living resources, I shall take up the development of such resources in Greenland with the goal of sorting out and extrapolating the main arguments in the debate, especially within the self-rule government, regarding how the wealth obtained through the development of non-living resources should be enjoyed, while focusing on the notion of sustainable development and taking into consideration previous studies from the field of political science. |
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The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland |
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The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland |
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The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland |
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The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland |
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The contours of the development of non-living resources in Greenland |
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