A Critical Look at Sustainable Development in the Canadian North
The notion of sustainable development has considerable appeal in northern Canada, a reflection of traditional practices of indigenous populations and the region's experiences with the encroachment of industrial society. The lexicon of "sustainable development" has made the identificat...
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The notion of sustainable development has considerable appeal in northern Canada, a reflection of traditional practices of indigenous populations and the region's experiences with the encroachment of industrial society. The lexicon of "sustainable development" has made the identification of appropriate economic activities a central issue. There is no standard approach to this problem although Weeden (1989) produced a useful framework for evaluation. Analysis of the evolution of the economic geography of the North provides some insights into both the current emphasis on the role of communities in sustainable development strategies and the origin of candidate activities. Review of possible candidate activities suggests that there is perhaps a tendency to confuse renewal with sustainability and that the appropriateness of activities may be called into doubt when viewed from the standpoint of relative energy consumption and global context. Sustenance harvesting is seen as perhaps the most viable sustainable activity, although some assessments of its value may be overstated. Non-renewable resource exploitation is a particular problem, yet the extraction of some non-renewable resources may contribute to a global goal of sustainability. A prerequisite for the development of a rational approach to sustainability lies in establishing the nature of the reciprocal relationship between urban centres and the northern periphery.Key words: sustainable, development, energy, harvesting, indigenous, resource RÉSUMÉ. Le concept de développement durable jouit d’une grande popularité dans le Canada septentrional, ce qui reflète les pratiques traditionnelles des populations autochtones et l’expérience qu’a la région de l’empietement de la société industrielle. Le vocabulaire du développement durable a fait de l’identification des activités économiques appropriées une question centrale. Il n’existe pas d’approche standard à ce problème bien que Weeden (1989) ait produit un cadre utile d’évaluation. Une analyse de l’évolution de la géographie économique du Nord offre un éclairage à la fois sur l’importance actuellement mise sur le rôle des collectivités dans les stratégies de développement durable et sur l’origine d’activités potentielles. Une étude de ces dernibres suggère qu’on a peut-être tendance à confondre le renouvellement avec le développement durable et que la pertinence des activités pourrait être remise en question si on l’examinait du point de vue de la consommation relative d’énergie et du contexte global. Leprélèvement de subsistance est perçu comme l’activité durable peut-être la plus viable, bien que certains jugements sur sa valeur puissent être exagérés. L’exploitation des ressources non renouvelables constitue un problème particulier, encore que l’exploitation de certaines de ces ressources pourrait contribuer à un objectif global de développement durable. Une condition préalable à l’élaboration d’une approche rationnelle au développement durable consiste à déterminer le caractère de la relation réciproque entre les centres urbains et la périphérie nordique.Mots clés: durable, développement, énergie, prélèvement, autochtone, ressource |
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64451 2023-05-15T14:19:11+02:00 A Critical Look at Sustainable Development in the Canadian North Duerden, Frank 1992-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64451 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64451/48386 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64451 ARCTIC; Vol. 45 No. 3 (1992): September: 211–326; 219-225 1923-1245 0004-0843 Community development Economic conditions Economic policy Employment Land use Local government Native peoples Petroleum pipelines Population Social change Socio-economic effects Sustainable economic development Alaska Canadian Arctic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1992 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:38Z The notion of sustainable development has considerable appeal in northern Canada, a reflection of traditional practices of indigenous populations and the region's experiences with the encroachment of industrial society. The lexicon of "sustainable development" has made the identification of appropriate economic activities a central issue. There is no standard approach to this problem although Weeden (1989) produced a useful framework for evaluation. Analysis of the evolution of the economic geography of the North provides some insights into both the current emphasis on the role of communities in sustainable development strategies and the origin of candidate activities. Review of possible candidate activities suggests that there is perhaps a tendency to confuse renewal with sustainability and that the appropriateness of activities may be called into doubt when viewed from the standpoint of relative energy consumption and global context. Sustenance harvesting is seen as perhaps the most viable sustainable activity, although some assessments of its value may be overstated. Non-renewable resource exploitation is a particular problem, yet the extraction of some non-renewable resources may contribute to a global goal of sustainability. A prerequisite for the development of a rational approach to sustainability lies in establishing the nature of the reciprocal relationship between urban centres and the northern periphery.Key words: sustainable, development, energy, harvesting, indigenous, resource RÉSUMÉ. Le concept de développement durable jouit d’une grande popularité dans le Canada septentrional, ce qui reflète les pratiques traditionnelles des populations autochtones et l’expérience qu’a la région de l’empietement de la société industrielle. Le vocabulaire du développement durable a fait de l’identification des activités économiques appropriées une question centrale. Il n’existe pas d’approche standard à ce problème bien que Weeden (1989) ait produit un cadre utile d’évaluation. Une analyse de l’évolution de la géographie économique du Nord offre un éclairage à la fois sur l’importance actuellement mise sur le rôle des collectivités dans les stratégies de développement durable et sur l’origine d’activités potentielles. Une étude de ces dernibres suggère qu’on a peut-être tendance à confondre le renouvellement avec le développement durable et que la pertinence des activités pourrait être remise en question si on l’examinait du point de vue de la consommation relative d’énergie et du contexte global. Leprélèvement de subsistance est perçu comme l’activité durable peut-être la plus viable, bien que certains jugements sur sa valeur puissent être exagérés. L’exploitation des ressources non renouvelables constitue un problème particulier, encore que l’exploitation de certaines de ces ressources pourrait contribuer à un objectif global de développement durable. Une condition préalable à l’élaboration d’une approche rationnelle au développement durable consiste à déterminer le caractère de la relation réciproque entre les centres urbains et la périphérie nordique.Mots clés: durable, développement, énergie, prélèvement, autochtone, ressource Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada ARCTIC 45 3 |