A systems-based conceptual framework for assessing the determinants of a social license to operate in the mining industry

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 672-689

  Prno, Jason ^a   Slocombe, D Scott ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities; Complexity; Governance; Mining; Social license to operate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINING;

COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; GOVERNANCE; LICENSE TO OPERATE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; MINERAL DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LICENCE; MINING; SOCIAL LICENSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; CONSUMER; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALASKA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84898545364     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0221-7     Document Type: Article

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