Using input-output analysis to estimate the impact of a coal industry expansion on regional and local economies

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-288

  Ivanova, Galina ^a   Rolfe, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Impact assessment; Input output; Queensland

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA; BOWEN BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84455171844     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155111X12959673795840     Document Type: Article

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