Islands and oil - locality and structure. The consequences of larger oil investments in two local communities, Shetland in Great Britain and Øygarden in Norway

The North Sea and the Northern Atlantic: natural resources and the influence of Man

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Description :
The paper analyses the meeting between the international petoleum industry and two local communities. The place analysis concentrates on the effects on population and workforce developments, the people analysis looks at the institutional and planning processes, and the mind analysis the effects on the feeling of local identification. The paper demonstrates that local factors are of crucial importance even for the international petroleum industry.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Congrès international UGI: Land, Sea and Human Effort, 28, The Hague, Pays-Bas, 1996-08-05, GeoJournal, issn : 0343-2521, 1996, vol. 39, n°. 2, p. 221-227, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 15 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Heidelberg, Springer