Environmental risks associated with developing oil sands in southwestern N igeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Murtala Chindo (Geography Department Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai Nigeria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-22 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12091 |
| OpenAlex | W1554797619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
N igeria is in the advanced development stages of extracting its oil sands resources to boost national revenue and economic prosperity, like other countries in S ub‐ S aharan A frica including the R epublic of C ongo and M adagascar. Compared to resource‐rich developed countries like C anada and America, the consequences of oil sands extraction is likely to be disastrous in countries like N igeria that have a poor reputation for managing resources (as is the case with the petroleum sector). Using a mixed‐method approach—focus group discussions, interviews and observations—this paper addresses environmental concerns about oil sands extraction in N igeria. Overall, the communities perceived oil sands development negatively, because of fears of loss of communal lands, biodiversity, water availability and quality, and pollution. They were angry with the previous administrations over the lack of communication, and were deprived of socio‐economic opportunities and pollution from prolonged delays in oil sands extraction. The way forward is to form sustainable partnerships between the government, communities, industry and other stakeholders to achieve responsible oil sands development—environmentally friendly development that meets climate obligations, addresses cumulative impacts, and acts in the best interest of host communities and N igerians
Asphalt · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Oil sands · Petroleum · Petroleum industry · Political science · Prosperity · Reputation · Resource (disambiguation) · Revenue · Sustainable development · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Finance · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development
Myth of Community
Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies
Contested Terrain
Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility and the "Community"
Economic diversification and second‐tier political conflict
Facts and Fears
Liberation Ecologies
Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry’s greenhouse gas emissions
Environmental risk and (re)action
Communities Perceived Socio-economic Impacts of Oil Sands Extraction in Nigeria
Engendering Mining Communities
Public understandings of air pollution
Resource control, revenue allocation and petroleum politics in Nigeria
The Niger delta
The social regulation of resource access and environmental impact
Global energy dilemmas
Contested identities of indigenous people
Mainstreaming gender in the mines
A Qualitative Framework for Collecting and Analyzing Data in Focus Group Research
Techniques to Identify Themes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |