2004. “Planning for the Impacts of Megaprojects: Two North American Examples

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 successfu...

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Main Authors: Keith Storey, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers: 281–302
Subjects:
Resource development
social impacts
planning
Red Dog
Hibernia
Alaska
Newfoundland
oil
mining
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.401.5555
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~lch/megaproject_impacts.pdf
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Summary: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.

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