Prioritising indicators of cumulative socio-economic impacts to characterise rapid development of onshore gas resources

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-199

  Uhlmann, Vikki ^a   Rifkin, Will ^a   Everingham, Jo Anne ^a   Head, Brian ^a   May, Kylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; Cumulative impacts; Indicators; Prioritising; Socio economic effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908489245     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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