Conceptualizing mining impacts, livelihoods and corporate community development in Melanesi

Community Development Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 484-500

  Banks, Glenn ^a   Kuir Ayius, Dora ^a   Kombako, David ^b   Sagir, Bill ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Papua New Guinea   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; MINING INDUSTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84880151627     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bst025     Document Type: Article

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