dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Schellens, Marie |
dc.contributor.author |
Gisladottir, Johanna |
dc.date.accessioned |
2019-08-12T14:41:51Z |
dc.date.available |
2019-08-12T14:41:51Z |
dc.date.issued |
2018-12-01 |
dc.identifier.citation |
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 |
dc.identifier.issn |
2079-9276 |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1209 |
dc.description |
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) |
dc.description.abstract |
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 |
dc.description.sponsorship |
This research was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network grant agreement no. 675153. |
dc.format.extent |
79 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
MDPI AG |
dc.relation |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/675153 |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Resources;7(4) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Critical |
dc.subject |
Criticality |
dc.subject |
Definition |
dc.subject |
Natural capital |
dc.subject |
Natural resources |
dc.subject |
Raw materials |
dc.subject |
Systematic mapping |
dc.subject |
Auðlindir |
dc.subject |
Auðlindafræði |
dc.title |
Critical Natural Resources: Challenging the Current Discourse and Proposal for a Holistic Definition |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
This article is an open access
article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution
(CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Resources |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.3390/resources7040079 |
dc.relation.url |
http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/7/4/79/pdf |
dc.contributor.department |
Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
Environment and Natural Resources (UI) |