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Resource-based communities often depend on a single industry such as forestry, mining, petroleum extraction, or fishing. Closely tied to resource activities, they have unique social and economic characteristics, partly due to their small size, geographical isolation, and integration with the natural environment. Despite community resilience, their quality of life is often challenged by global shifts in resource demand, economic decline, and inability to diversify local economies.
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Resource-based communities (RBCs), also referred to as resource-dependent communities or single-industry communities, are dynamic places where the interface between the natural environment and society is pronounced due to the dependence on a predominant single economic base. Over a thousand RBCs in Canada, home to five million people, continue to be both substantial contributors to the national economy and important...
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Tsenkova, S., Youssef, K. (2014). Resource-Based Communities. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2500
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