The "battle of gold" under the light of green economics: A case study from Greece

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-218

  Damigos, D ^a   Kaliampakos, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental economics; Gold projects; Mining; Social cost benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOLD PROJECTS; INNOVATIONS; SOCIAL COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

MINING;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646471847     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0201-9     Document Type: Article

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