How Should Impacts Be Assessed?

• Main Authors: Rosqvist, Gunhild, Heikkinen, Hannu I., Suopajärvi, Leena, Österlin, Carl
• Other Authors: Sörlin, Sverker
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: assessment; cumulative effects; energy production; efenvironmental impact; Fennoscandia; land-use; mining; multiple pressure; reindeer herding; social impact; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/2; Environmental sciences; Arctic; Sodankylä; Climate change; Sámi
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/479369ae-d334-41c8-aae9-1c37d6db1986; https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009110044.010

Industrial development and resource exploitation in Arctic Fennoscandia have caused cascading and cumulative effects on environment and people since the late nineteenth century. The increasing demand for minerals and metals to facilitate a ‘green transition’ now pose further challenges for environme...