Mining and social development: Refocusing community investment using multi-criteria decision analysis

Resources Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Esteves, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Decision analysis; Mining; Social development; Social impact assessment; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INVESTMENTS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GLOBAL MINING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INVESTMENT;

MINING ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 39149144787     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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