Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2009. SMC 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2793-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5345964
