Visualising the industrial north : exploring new ways to engage and inform the public on the physical footprint and scale of very large resource extraction projects such as the Alberta tar sands open pit mines and associated pipelines

Using the Alberta tar sands open pit mines and associated pipelines as a case study, the effectiveness of maps and landscape visualisation displayed within virtual globes in informing public perception of large-scale landscape disturbance and associated impacts is evaluated. While controversy swirls...

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Main Author: Cizek, Petr
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50166