Resource extraction leaves something behind: Environmental justice and mining

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-64

  White, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental harm; Environmental justice; Mining; Resource extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906942885     PISSN: 22027998     EISSN: 22028005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i1.90     Document Type: Article

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