Mining amid armed conflict: Nonferrous metals mining in the Philippines

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-500

  Holden, William N ^a   Jacobson, R Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; METAL; MINING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PEACE PROCESS; POVERTY; VIOLENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36248998192     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2007.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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