A Management Decision Tool for Ranking Oil Sands Resource Development Opportunities

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dlugan ◽  
A. Pompa
Keyword(s):  
Oil Sands ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Decision Tool

Computers as a Public Management Decision Tool

Knowledge ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY BOZEMAN ◽  
R. F. SHANGRAW
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Decision Tool

Impacts and prognosis of natural resource development on aquatic biodiversity in Canada’s boreal zone

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kreutzweiser ◽  
Frederick Beall ◽  
Kara Webster ◽  
Dean Thompson ◽  
Irena Creed
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Cumulative Effects ◽  
Boreal Zone ◽  
Aquatic Biodiversity ◽  
Paper Mill Effluents ◽  
Natural Resource Development

Conservation efforts to sustain water resources and aquatic biodiversity in boreal watersheds will require reliable information on the recent status of various indicator species and an improved understanding of the risks to aquatic biodiversity posed by resource development activities. We reviewed the recent state of knowledge on the responses of aquatic biodiversity to forest management, pulp and paper mill effluents, hydroelectric impoundments, mining of minerals and metals, oil sands extractions, and peat mining and offer a prognosis for aquatic biodiversity under each of these environmental stressors. Despite the prevalence of natural resource development in Canada’s largest forest ecosystem, there was a limited amount of published literature on the effects of many of the disturbance types on various indicators of aquatic biodiversity, making it difficult to produce a current and reliable status assessment. Across most of the boreal zone, there is a lack of coordinated, consistent data collection for many of the bioindicators and disturbance types discussed in this review. Forecasting the future state of aquatic biodiversity across the boreal zone is challenged by increasing natural resource development and its interactions with other stressors, especially climate change. The cumulative effects of multiple stressors coupled with resource development activities in boreal watersheds remain largely unknown. More importantly, the ecological thresholds for these cumulative effects (that is, the point at which aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity cannot recover to a desired state within a reasonable time frame) are also unknown and remain gaps in our knowledge. The recent literature identifies a number of risks to aquatic biodiversity at local (tens of square kilometres) to regional (hundreds of square kilometres) scales associated with natural resource development. There are indications that many of these risks can be minimized by “greener” technologies for resource development and reclamation, practical conservation planning and regulation, and increased stewardship in watershed management, although the effectiveness of many of these measures cannot yet be assessed from the published literature.

scholarly journals Resource Development in Canada’s North

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-198
Author(s):  
Glen Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Port Facilities ◽  
Work Education

The growth of global economies, particularly in Asia, has resulted in an increased demand for natural resources. Canada is a large country rich in hydrocarbons and minerals, and the exploitation of these resources is a priority for Canadian provincial and federal governments. In their rush to reap the economic benefits of resource development, governments have concentrated on creating optimal conditions for the corporations that exploit and produce the resources in northern and remote regions of the country. The rapid promotion of development has meant that families and communities are usually given secondary consideration. The changes associated with resource development exert some serious negative effects on communities and families, and it is important for social workers to understand this reality in order to deliver service in an effective manner.This research used a case study method to examine three examples of the effects of resource development on families and communities in Canada: long distance commuting to the Athabaska oil sands and the effects on families in Newfoundland, diamond mining and the Tlicho people of Wekwee´ti´ in the Northwest Territories, and the large influx of construction workers to develop the processing and port facilities in the community of Kitimat in northwestern British Columbia. The results can inform social work education, as well as the practice of social workers located in remote communities affected by rapid resource development.

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