Natural Resource Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods: Development Challenges in an Era of Globalization

Synopsis

This book provides an extended analysis of how resource extraction projects stimulate social, cultural and economic change in indigenous communities. Through a range of case studies, including open cast mining, artisanal mining, logging, deforestation, oil extraction and industrial fishing, the contributors explore the challenges highlighted in global debates on sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and climate change. The case studies are used to assess whether and how development processes might compete and conflict with the market objectives of multinational corporations and the organizational and moral principles of indigenous communities. Emphasizing the perspectives of directly-affected parties, the authors identify common patterns in the way in which extraction projects are conceptualized, implemented and perceived. The book provides a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the human environments where resource extraction takes place and its consequent impacts on local livelihoods. Its in-depth case studies underscore the need for increased social accountability in the planning and development of natural resource extraction projects.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

300 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317089711

Related ISBNs:

9781315597546, 9781409472681, 9781409437789, 9781138245501, 9781138245501, 9781409437772, 9781409437772, 9781409437772, 9781315597546, 9781138245501

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/18/20

Copyrighted By:

N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Emma Gilberthorpe

Edited by:

Gavin Hilson