The book examines ideas about the making and shaping of Greenland’s
society, environment, and resource spaces. It discusses how
Greenland’s resources have been extracted at different points in its
history, shows how acquiring knowledge of subsurface environments has
been crucial for matters of securitisation, and explores how the
country is being imagined as an emerging frontier with vast mineral
reserves. The book delves into the history and contemporary practice
of geological exploration and considers the politics and corporate
activities that frame discussion about extractive industries and
resource zones. It touches upon resource policies, the nature of
social and environmental assessments, and permitting processes, while
the environmental and social effects of extractive industries are
considered, alongside an assessment of the status of current and
planned resource projects. In its exploration of the nature and place
of territory and the subterranean in political and economic
narratives, the book shows how the making of Greenland has and
continues to be bound up with the shaping of resource spaces and with
ambitions to extract resources from them. Yet the book shows that
plans for extractive industries remain controversial. It concludes by
considering the prospects for future development and debates on
conservation and Indigenous rights, with reflections on how and where
Greenland is positioned in the geopolitics of environmental governance
and geo-security in the Arctic. This book will be of great interest to
students and scholars of environmental anthropology, geography,
resource management, extractive industries, environmental governance,
international relations, geopolitics, Arctic studies, and sustainable
development.
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ISBN
9781000921496
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Routledge
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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