An Introduction to the Economy of Alaska

Authors

• Gunnar Knapp

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Description

Alaska’s geography—its location, climate, topography, and resources—have driven Alaska’s economy in the past and define and constrain its opportunities for the future. Alaska has abundant natural resources—oil, minerals, forests, fish. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Alaska’s strategic location has contributed to the role of the military and more recently the international air cargo industry. Another Alaska natural resource--its natural beauty—represents an increasingly important natural resource. But Alaska’s remoteness from major markets, cold climate, mountainous topography, and permafrost make Alaska a costly place to extract resources compared with other parts of the world.

Publication Date

4-13-2012

Keywords

natural resources, land ownership, Alaska, population, migration, Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics::Economics

Recommended Citation

Knapp, Gunnar, "An Introduction to the Economy of Alaska" (2012). Presentations. 90.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_iser_presentations/90

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11947