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Finding the Sweet Spot of Sustainability in the Energy Sector: A Systems Approach to Managing the Canadian Oil Sands

Finding the Sweet Spot of Sustainability in the Energy Sector: A Systems Approach to Managing the Canadian Oil Sands
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Author(s): Nancy Higginson (University of Calgary, Canada)and Harrie Vredenburg (University of Calgary, Canada)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 18
Source title: Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch040

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Abstract

Energy security and sustainability have become two of the most critical and fundamentally interdependent issues of our time. Canada is a key player in the global energy industry and home to a major oil sands hydrocarbon reserve which, after 50 years of massive investments and technological advancements, has evolved from a “fringe” oil supply to one of strategic importance in global energy security. However, the resource is in its early stages of development, and efforts to fully exploit it have been hampered by a range of factors, including strong opposition from various stakeholder groups. This Chapter provides a framework for a systems-based approach to managing the oil sands that integrates stakeholder management and domain-based collaboration theory.

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