Geography
Document Type
Article
Abstract
We suggest the value of considering Pacific Latin America and the South Pacific in relationship to each other in contexts of climate change and investment in extractive industry. The paper explores the interactions between extractive industry, climate change and environmental governance through the lenses of double exposure, double movements, resilience and risk. The first part of the paper addresses the nature and scope of investments in extractive industries in this 'other Pacific'. The geography of these investments is changing the actual and perceived distribution of exposure and risk in the region. The nature of this risk is also being affected by climate change and its implications for the geographies of water and land-use. Much of the contention surrounding extractive industries can be understood as conflicts over the unequal distribution of this risk, how to interpret its significance and the ways in which resilience might be enhanced to respond to it. The final section of the paper discusses the ways in which mining governance and governance for resilience converge and, on the basis of recent experiences in El Salvador, analyses the difficulties in governing extractive industry in a way that manages risk and builds resilience.
This is the author manuscript that was accepted for publication. This version has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process.
Publication Title
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Publication Date
2015
Volume
56
Issue
2
First Page
189
Last Page
207
ISSN
1360-7456
DOI
10.1111/apv.12098
Keywords
climate risk, El Salvador, mining, Pacific islands, Peru, resilience
Repository Citation
Bebbington, Anthony J.; Bury, Jeffrey; Cuba, Nicholas; and Rogan, John, "Mining, risk and climate resilience in the 'other' Pacific: Latin American lessons for the South Pacific" (2015). Geography. 459.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/459
Copyright
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bebbington, Anthony J., et al. "Mining, risk and climate resilience in the ‘other’P acific: L atin A merican lessons for the S outh P acific." Asia Pacific Viewpoint 56.2 (2015): 189-207., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12098. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.