Governing the impacts of mining and the impacts of mining governance: Challenges for rural and regional local governments in Australia

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 330-339

  Cheshire, Lynda ^a   Everingham, Jo Anne ^a   Lawrence, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Local government; Mining; Regional governance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MINING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84915795189     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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