Integrating impact and relational dimensions of social licence and social impact assessment

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 273-282

  Parsons, Richard ^a,b   Moffat, Kieren ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Richard Parsons Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

coal seam gas; extractive industries; resource extraction; social licence; stakeholder engagement; stakeholder relations

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; CORPORATE STRATEGY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84906942095     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.936107     Document Type: Article

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