'Born in an Atomic Test Tube’: Landscapes of cyclonic development at Uranium City, Saskatchewan

• Main Author: Keeling, Arn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
• Subjects: G Geography (General); The Spectre; Uranium City; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/640/; https://research.library.mun.ca/640/1/born_in_an_atomic_test_tube.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/640/3/born_in_an_atomic_test_tube.pdf; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00294.x/abstract

Drawing together insights from neo-Innisian geography and environmental history, this paper explores the landscape and environmental changes engendered by ‘cyclonic’ patterns of development associated with uranium production at Uranium City, Saskatchewan. Strong postwar demand for uranium led to the...