The Integration Imperative: Cumulative Environmental, Community and Health Effects of Multiple Natural Resource Developments

Gillingham, Michael P.; Halseth, Greg R.; Johnson, Chris J.; Parkes, Margot W.

The purpose of this work is to develop a better understanding and thinking about the cumulative impacts of multiple natural resource development projects. Cumulative impacts are now one of the most pressing, but complex challenges facing governments, industry, communities, and conservation and natural resource professionals. There has been technical and policy research exploring how cumulative environmental impacts can be assessed and managed. These studies, however, have failed to consider the necessary integration of community, environment and health. Informed by knowledge and experience in northern British Columbia, this book seeks to expand our understanding of the cumulative impacts of natural resource development through an integrated lens. The book offers a timely response to a growing imperative – proposing integrative response to multiple natural resource developments in a way that addresses converging environment, community and health issues. Informed by the editors’ experiences across several complementary areas of expertise, we envision this book as appealing to a wide range of researchers, educators and practitioners, with relevance to a growing audience with appetite for and interest in integrative approaches.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2018-04-19

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319793788

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22123-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 256