Social impact assessment, social development programmes and social licence to operate: Tensions and contradictions in intent and practice in the extractive sector

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 327-335

  Harvey, Bruce ^a   Bice, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

extractives; mining; social development programmes; social impact assessment; social licence to operate

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; MINING INDUSTRY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84906729980     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.950123     Document Type: Article

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