Social licences to operate: For better not for worse; for richer not for poorer? the impacts of unplanned mining closure for "fence line" residential communities

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 707-725

  Browne, Alison Leigh ^a   Stehlik, Daniela ^b   Buckley, Amma ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Mine closure; Mining; Social licence to operate; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINANCE; LOCAL PLANNING; MINING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855755974     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.592183     Document Type: Article

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