Environmental management in resource-rich Alberta, Canada: First world jurisdiction, third world analogue?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-405

  Timoney, Kevin ^a   Lee, Peter ^b  

^a Treeline Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b Lee Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cumulative effects; Ecosystem; Forestry; Management; Petroleum

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRES; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; TIMBER;

'CURRENT; ALBERTA; CASE-STUDIES; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; RESOURCE-RICH; THIRD WORLD; THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES;

FORESTRY;

PETROLEUM;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GAS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLITICS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0035692979     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.2001.0487     Document Type: Article

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