Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns: A comparative analysis

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-301

  Tonts, Matthew ^a   Plummer, Paul ^b   Lawrie, Misty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Mining; Resource dependence; Socio economic wellbeing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS SECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MINING INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861229597     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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