This title was first published in 2002. This volume examines the norms of international law that apply to the planning stage of large-scale activities such as hydrocarbon exploitation, mineral extraction and forestry. These stationary activities (those that remain at a single location for a period of time), pose grave risks to the Arctic environment, since the development of technology has made it profitable to exploit natural resources even in such harsh regions.

1: Introduction; 2: The Legal Status of the Arctic as a Physical Space; 3: Intentional Norm-Making in International Law: The Case of Arctic Cooperation; 4: Environmental Impact Assessment (Eia) Norms in the Arctic; 5: Transboundary Eia in the Arctic; 6: Concluding Remarks