Archives – February, 2009

Economics and the Environment in Alberta Oil Sands

The world’s thirst for oil continues to grow even while proven reserves begin to stagnate and large new discoveries become increasingly infrequent. Multinational corporations such as Exxon, BP, and Chevron, once the largest players in the global oil trade, have been usurped by state-owned companies and increasingly relegated to minority partner status (Rowell 2007, 11). The importance of oil resources in politically stable, open economies is now (more…)

Leave a Comment February 20, 2009

David Gibbs on Environmental Economic Geography

In his article Prospects for an Environmental Economic Geography: Linking Ecological Modernization and Regulationist Approaches, David Gibbs presents a strong argument for economic geographers to better integrate environmental issues into their discipline. Incorporating environmental concerns, Gibbs contends, will have “implications for the subdiscipline’s existing objects of study (194)”, as well as “important implications for future (more…)

Leave a Comment February 6, 2009