Assessing social and economic impacts associated with changes in the coal mining industry in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-228

  Ivanova, Galina ^a   Rolfe, John ^a   Lockie, Stewart ^a   Timmer, Vanessa ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coal mining; Input output analysis; Modelling; Social audit; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847280409     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830710725867     Document Type: Article

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