Collecting data in artisanal and small-scale mining communities: Measuring progress towards more sustainable livelihoods

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-87

  Heemskerk, Marieke ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining; Communities and Small Scale Mining (CASM); Methods; Microeconomic; Policy

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ARTISANAL COMMUNITIES; DONOR ORGANIZATIONS; MINING COMMUNITIES; MINING HOUSEHOLDS;

MINING ENGINEERING;

ARTISANAL MINING; DATA ACQUISITION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MICROECONOMICS; SMALL SCALE MINING;

EID: 16344390452     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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