Assessing the social impacts of the resources boom on rural communities

Rural Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-20

  Carrington, Kerry ^a   Pereira, Margaret ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Online survey methods; Resource boom; Rural communities; Social impact; Social licence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857550436     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.2011.21.1.2     Document Type: Article

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