Regional development, redistribution and the extraction of mineral resources: The Western Australian Goldfields as a resource bank

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 365-374

  Tonts, Matthew ^a   Martinus, Kirsten ^a   Plummer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mineral resources; Regional development; Staples thesis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOLD; MINERAL RESOURCE; ORE DEPOSIT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84888204930     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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