Shifting sands: Changes in community perceptions of mining in Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 217-238

  Lawson, Elaine Tweneboah ^a   Bentil, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Communication; Community perceptions; Corporate social responsibility; Ghana; Impacts; Mining

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA;

GHANA;

CANDIDA;

EID: 84891627272     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9472-y     Document Type: Article

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