Titill: | Critical Natural Resources: Challenging the Current Discourse and Proposal for a Holistic Definition |
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Útgáfa: | 2018-12-01 |
Tungumál: | Enska |
Umfang: | 79 |
Háskóli/Stofnun: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
Deild: | Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði (HÍ) Environment and Natural Resources (UI) |
Birtist í: | Resources;7(4) |
ISSN: | 2079-9276 |
DOI: | 10.3390/resources7040079 |
Efnisorð: | Critical; Criticality; Definition; Natural capital; Natural resources; Raw materials; Systematic mapping; Auðlindir; Auðlindafræði |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1209 |
Tilvitnun:Schellens MK, Gisladottir J. Critical Natural Resources: Challenging the Current Discourse and Proposal for a Holistic Definition. Resources. 2018; 7(4):79. doi:10.3390/resources7040079
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Útdráttur:Studies on critical natural resources have grown in number over the last decade out of concern for resource availability and its potential impacts. Nonetheless, only a handful of studies explicitly define criticality for natural resources. Through a systematic literature review, we identified four main perspectives in the descriptions of critical natural resources: (1) economic importance is overemphasized at the expense of sociocultural and ecosystem support functions of natural resources; (2) a Western perspective dominates the research discourse; (3) apart from the field of economics, the debate lacks input from social sciences; and (4), non-renewable resources are overrepresented compared to renewables. Based on the current discourse and its apparent inclinations, we propose a new definition of criticality for natural resources aligned with risk theory. We argue for the need to balance out the perspectives described above to provide decision-makers with impartial information for the sustainable management of natural resources
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Athugasemdir:Publisher's version (útgefin grein)
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Leyfi:This article is an open access
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