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• [P294] Alberta Oil Sands Development Conflict
  Author(s): Michele Heng, Keith W. Hipel, Liping Fang
  
  

  Abstract
  A systems approach to integrative adaptive management of brownfields on Alberta's oil sands development sites is presented. In particular, the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) is utilized to understand underlying development conflicts among stakeholders, which arise due to competing economic, environmental and societal objectives. The conflict model provides a formalized hypothesis-testing platform for determining responsible policies, which are those that enhance integrative adaptive management in order to utilize this resource responsibly.

  
   

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