The Interacting Axes of Environmental, Health, and Social Justice Cumulative Impacts: A Case Study of the Blueberry River First Nations

• Published in: Healthcare
• Main Authors: Maya Gislason, Holly Andersen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: cumulative impacts; health; indigenous; equity; ethics; intensive resource extraction; environment; justice; mechanisms; community; Blueberry River; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare4040078

We consider the case of intensive resource extractive projects in the Blueberry River First Nations in Northern British Columbia, Canada, as a case study. Drawing on the parallels between concepts of cumulative environmental and cumulative health impacts, we highlight three axes along which to gauge...