Print Email Facebook Twitter Canada's oil sands industry from a sustainability perspective Title Canada's oil sands industry from a sustainability perspective Author Khakzad, N. (TU Delft Safety and Security Science; Toronto Metropolitan University) Dadashzadeh, Mohammad (Efectis) Abbassi, Rouzbeh (Macquarie University) Yang, M. (TU Delft Safety and Security Science) Date 2021 Abstract The present study aims to investigate the impacts of oil sands development in Canada on the economy, society and the environment as the three pillars of sustainability. Factors such as aquatic ecosystems, land disturbance and reclamation, air quality, public health, safety, aboriginal and local communities, gross domestic product, employment rate and job creation, government revenues and demographic changes have been considered. Based on a review of the available literature, this study shows that the oil sands industry has so far fallen short in keeping a balance among the three pillars of sustainability, with the negative impacts on society (e.g. changing the lifestyle of Aboriginal people) and the environment (e.g. land disturbance) overweighing the relatively positive economic impacts. This, along with the current pace of remedies (e.g. land reclamation), makes it hard to conclude that the oil sands industry is sustainable. Subject energyenvironmentsustainable development To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:22bf3de3-fa67-4ea1-9bf8-efbeaef805ca DOI https://doi.org/10.1680/jenes.21.00023 ISSN 1496-2551 Source Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (Print), 17 (1), 1-9 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 N. Khakzad, Mohammad Dadashzadeh, Rouzbeh Abbassi, M. Yang Files PDF jenes.21.00023.pdf 822.87 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:22bf3de3-fa67-4ea1-9bf8-efbeaef805ca/datastream/OBJ/view