The Shrinking Mining City: Urban Dynamics and Contested Territory

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-260

  Martinez Fernandez, Cristina ^a   Wu, Chung Tong ^a   Schatz, Laura K ^a   Taira, Nobuhisa ^b   Vargas Hernández, José G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Seigakuin University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Corporatization; Economic development; Mining cities; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING INDUSTRY; PRIVATE SECTOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; MINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JAPAN; MEXICO; MINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; JAPAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84862776658     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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