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Constructing the global sand crisis: Four reasons to interrogate crisis and scarcity in narrating extraction

Authors :
Lamb, Vanessa
Source :
The Extractive Industries and Society; September 2023, Vol. 15 Issue: 1
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

•In this viewpoint, I outline the sand crisis as it has been presented and raise four concerns about what the crisis framing accomplishes. This includes:•The unintended effects of urgency: time as a limited resource.•The unintended effects of urgency: limited time as a limit to who can act.•Scarcity is political: who defines scarcity and how impacts who is involved and what solutions are possible.•Crisis simplifies complexity and can overlook people and relationships that might matter.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2214790X
Volume :
15
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
The Extractive Industries and Society
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs63207298
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2023.101282