Surface iron ore mining in eastern India and local level sustainability

Resources Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Sinha, Suranjan ^a   Bhattacharya, Rabindra N ^b   Banerjee, Rajasree ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Box plot; Distal; Externality; Proximal; Resource rent; Sustainability; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; IRON MINES; MINERAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IRON ORE MINING; LOCAL ECONOMY; WEAK SUSTAINABILITY;

IRON ORES;

IRON ORE; MINING INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORE DEPOSIT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547527699     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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