Assessing the trade-offs of increased mining activity in the Surat Basin, Queensland: Preferences of Brisbane residents using nonmarket valuation techniques

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-129

  Windle, Jill ^a   Rolfe, John ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modelling experiment; Coal mining; Coal seam gas; Impact assessment; Regional development

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; COAL SEAM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND; SURAT BASIN;

EID: 84892486303     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12025     Document Type: Article

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