Unbuilt Environments: Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia - Couverture souple

Peyton, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 077483305X ISBN 13 : 9780774833059

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2017

Synopsis

In the latter half of the twentieth century, legions of industrial pioneers came to northwestern British Columbia with grand plans for mines, dams, and energy-development schemes. Yet many of their projects failed to materialize or were abandoned midstream. Unbuilt Environments reveals that these lapsed resource projects had lasting effects on the natural and human environment. Drawing on a range of case studies to analyze the social and environmental impacts of unfinished projects, Jonathan Peyton considers development failure a productive concept for northwestern Canada. He looks at a closed asbestos mine, an abandoned rail grade, an imagined series of hydroelectric installations, a failed LNG export facility, and a transmission line – and finds that these unrealized developments continue to shape contemporary resource conflicts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Peyton is an assistant professor in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba. His work has appeared in Geoforum, Antipode, the Journal of Historical Geography, and Environment and History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 077483305X
• ISBN 13: 9780774833059
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
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