Arctic Oil and Gas: Sustainability at Risk? / Edition 1

by Aslaug Mikkelsen, Oluf Langhelle

Overview

This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The focus is on the territories of the Arctic rim where the current and future oil and gas activities in the Arctic are and will be located. The book raises a number of questions including how sustainable development has been framed in the Arctic and the interaction between indigenous peoples, governments and oil and gas companies.

The book is divided into three parts. In the first part of the book, oil and gas are approached through the concepts of sustainable development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) together with the challenge of climate change. The second part consists of case studies from Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia where the discourses on oil and gas in the Arctic are explored and the final part of the book draws together the material from the country studies in a comparative manner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415443302
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/2008
Series:	Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics , #10
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Aslaug Mikkelsen is Rector of the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Oluf Langhelle is Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger in Norway.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction Part I The Arctic: context, framework and methodology 2 Framing oil and gas in the Arctic from a sustainable development perspective 3 Climate change and consequences for the Arctic 4 Corporate social responsibility: the economic and institutional responsibility of business in society 5 Framework and methodology: regulation and discourse analysis as a research strategy Part II Legal and institutional framework: case studies 6 Legal and institutional framework: a comparative analysis 7 Expanding oil and gas activities on the North Slope of Alaska 8 Oil and gas activities at the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada’s Northwest Territories 9 Going North: the new petroleum province of Norway 10 The Russian model: merging profit and sustainability Part III Comparisons and managerial implications 11 Human rights and indigenous peoples in the Arctic: what are the implications for the oil and gas industry? 12 Perceptions of Arctic challenges: Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia compared 13 Managerial implications