"You spoil everything!" Indigenous peoples and the consequences of industrial development in British Columbia

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-702

  Booth, Annie L ^a   Skelton, Norm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian indigenous peoples and environmental justice; Consultation; Environmental assessment; First Nations and industrial development

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE USE; SUBSISTENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 79959302789     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9284-x     Document Type: Article

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