Little by little, inch by inch: Project expansion assessments in the Papua New Guinea mining industry

Resources Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 688-695

  Banks, Glenn ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cumulative impacts; Mining; Papua New Guinea; Project expansion; Social impact assessment

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROJECT EXPANSION; REGULATORY APPROVALS; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

LIFE CYCLE; MINING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MINING INDUSTRY; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84887823664     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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