A multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the impacts of mines on traditional uses of water in Northern Mongolia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 557-558, Issue , 2016, Pages 404-414

  McIntyre, Neil ^a   Bulovic, Nevenka ^a   Cane, Isabel ^a   McKenna, Phill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herding; Livelihoods; Mining; Pasture; Pollution; River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COAL MINES; DETERIORATION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ECONOMICS; GOLD MINES; LAND USE; MINING; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; HERDING; LIVELIHOODS; MINING DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PASTURE; SMALL-SCALE MINING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

SULFATE; WATER;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MINING; PASTURE; RIVER POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFESTYLE; MINING; MONGOLIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

MONGOLIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; MONGOLIA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84961778340     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.092     Document Type: Article

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