Local views on oil development in a village on the North Slope of Alaska
This chapter presents the findings from an exploratory study of post impact assessment debates related to oil and gas development in the case of a village, Nuiqsut, on the North Slope of Alaska. It draws on the personal observations and experiences of one of the authors, who is an oral historian. Th...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/08636b81-398f-4c0f-beab-b8250ea96987 2024-09-15T17:51:09+00:00 Local views on oil development in a village on the North Slope of Alaska Hansen, Anne Merrild Ipalook, Panigruaq Johnstone, Rachael Lorna Merrild Hansen, Anne 2020 https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/08636b81-398f-4c0f-beab-b8250ea96987 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429059933-8 eng eng Routledge https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/08636b81-398f-4c0f-beab-b8250ea96987 urn:ISBN:9780367181796 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Hansen , A M & Ipalook , P 2020 , Local views on oil development in a village on the North Slope of Alaska . in R L Johnstone & A Merrild Hansen (eds) , Regulation of Extractive Industries : Community Engagement in the Arctic . 1 edn , Routledge , Routledge Research in Polar Law , pp. 185-199 . https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429059933-8 bookPart 2020 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429059933-8 2024-07-10T13:02:22Z This chapter presents the findings from an exploratory study of post impact assessment debates related to oil and gas development in the case of a village, Nuiqsut, on the North Slope of Alaska. It draws on the personal observations and experiences of one of the authors, who is an oral historian. The chapter addresses how the oil-economy of Alaska has evolved and describes how the funds from oil are distributed. The Alaskan village of Nuiqsut and the local situation regarding oil and gas development are then explained. The influence of oil development on the Alaskan economy is vast, as more than 17 billion barrels of oil have been produced on the North Slope since the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The second theme identified in the debates around oil development in Nuiqsut is related to the impact on culture and in particular the preservation of language as an important cultural marker and the derived social implications. Book Part Arctic north slope Prudhoe Bay Alaska Aalborg University's Research Portal 185 199 |
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This chapter presents the findings from an exploratory study of post impact assessment debates related to oil and gas development in the case of a village, Nuiqsut, on the North Slope of Alaska. It draws on the personal observations and experiences of one of the authors, who is an oral historian. The chapter addresses how the oil-economy of Alaska has evolved and describes how the funds from oil are distributed. The Alaskan village of Nuiqsut and the local situation regarding oil and gas development are then explained. The influence of oil development on the Alaskan economy is vast, as more than 17 billion barrels of oil have been produced on the North Slope since the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The second theme identified in the debates around oil development in Nuiqsut is related to the impact on culture and in particular the preservation of language as an important cultural marker and the derived social implications. |
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