The closure of coal mines and local development responses in Coal-Rim Cluster, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-385

  Nel, Etienne L ^a   Hill, Trevor R ^b   Aitchison, Kate C ^b   Buthelezi, Simphiwe ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; COAL MINING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOCAL ECONOMY; MINING INDUSTRY;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0141974880     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000108185     Document Type: Article

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