Exploring the potential of cultural ecosystem services in social impact assessment of Finnish mining projects : Assessment of local cultural values in the municipality of Kolari in Finnish Lapland

• Main Author: Knuuttila, Jussi
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2018
• Subjects: Environmental Impact Assessment; Social Impact Assessment; Ecosystem Services; Cultural Ecosystem Services; Sense of Place; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Kolari; Lapland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-162223

Large-scale mining modifies the existing physical environment and has multiple long-term impacts on landscape but also on communities, and their cultural values. In Finland, social impact assessment has become a customary practice in assessing and estimating mining impacts that cause changes to the...