Competing Perceptions of the Rural Idyll: responses to threats from coal seam gas development in Gloucester, NSW, Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-203

  Sherval, Meg ^a   Hardiman, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; community; Gloucester; rural idyll; strategic planning

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; COAL SEAM; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL SOCIETY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84900522743     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.899028     Document Type: Article

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