Dusty roads and disconnections: Perceptions of dust from unpaved mining roads in Mongolia's South Gobi province

Geoforum

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-105

  Jackson, Sara L ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Mining; Mongolia; Roads; South Gobi province

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DUST; GOLD MINE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; ROAD;

GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84945276077     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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