Mining developments and social impacts on communities: Bowen basin case studies

Rural Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-228

  Petkova Timmer, Vanessa ^a   Ivanova, Galina ^c   Rolfe, John ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowen basin; Coal mining; Social impact assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950759973     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.19.3.211     Document Type: Article

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