Cumulative environmental effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's North Slope / Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Polar Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope., Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.

National Research Council (U.S.). Polar Research Board.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Alaska--North Slope.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Oil and gas leases--Environmental aspects--Alaska--North Slope.

Oil and gas leases.

Environmental impact statements--Alaska--North Slope.

Environmental impact statements.

North Slope (Alaska).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been accompanied by effects of the roads, infrastructure and activies of oil and gas production on the terrain, plants, animals and peoples of the North Slope. While attempts by the oil industry and regulatory agencies have reduced many of the environmental effects, they have not been eliminated. The book makes recommendations for further environmental research related to environmental effects.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 The Human Environment

3 The Alaska North Slope Environment

4 History of Oil and Gas Activities

5 Future Oil and Gas Activities

6 Effects on the Physical Environment

7 Effects on Vegetation

8 Effects on Animals

9 Effects on the Human Environment

10 Filling Knowledge Gaps

11 Major Effects and Their Accumulation

Appendixes

Appendix A Acknowledgments

Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms

Appendix C Petroleum Exploration and Development

Appendix D Oil-Field Technology and the Environment

Appendix E Aeromap Analyses and Data

Appendix F Oil Spills

Appendix G Saline Spills

Appendix H Traditional Knowledge

Appendix I Legal Framework for Activities on State Lands on the North Slope

Appendix J A Method of Addressing Economic Irreversibility

Appendix K Biosketches of the Committee's Members

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610209439

9780309168366

0309168368

9781280209437

1280209437

9780309506250

0309506255

OCLC:

55663828