Alberta oil sands development conflict

Author

Heng, Michele ; Hipel, Keith W. ; Fang, Liping

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Design Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1136

Lastpage

1141

Abstract

A systems approach to integrative adaptive management of brownfields on Alberta´s oil sands development sites is presented. In particular, the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) is utilized to understand underlying development conflicts among stakeholders, which arise due to competing economic, environmental and societal objectives. The conflict model provides a formalized hypothesis-testing platform for determining responsible policies, which are those that enhance integrative adaptive management in order to utilize this resource responsibly.

Keywords

environmental factors; petroleum industry; socio-economic effects; Alberta oil sands development conflict; conflict resolution; economic objectives; environmental objectives; formalized hypothesis-testing platform; graph model; integrative adaptive management; oil sands development sites; societal objectives; Design engineering; Ecosystems; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Petroleum; Renewable energy resources; Resource management; Sustainable development; Systems engineering and theory; Water resources; conflict resolution; integrative adaptive management; policy development; sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2793-2

Electronic_ISBN

1062-922X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5345964

Filename

5345964