Keywords:
Natural resources--Australia.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Originally published in 1984. A range of concerns about resource exploitation in Australia's resource-rich, sparsely populated areas are canvassed in this volume, encompassing views of policy-makers, planners and academics. It addresses social and economic impacts ranging over manufacturing and tertiary industry, immigration and labour markets.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351594400
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4983401
DDC:
333.7/0994
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Forword -- Economic and Social Impacts in Australia -- 1. Manufacturing and Tertiary Industry Impacts -- 2. Environmetal Aspects of Regional Resource Developments: A Commowealth Perspective -- 3. The Role of Immigration in Resource Development Regions -- 4. The Regional Employment and Population Impacts of Resource Developments -- 5. Some Planning Problems in the Provision of Education Facilities in Queensland Resource Development Areas: An Initial Overview -- The Overseas Experience of Resource Developments -- 6. Mineral Resource Transportation and Frontier Infrastructure Provision in Canada -- 7. Ok Tedi: Lessons Hardly Learnt -- The Impacts of Resource Developments in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales -- 8. Resource Development and Environmental Planning: The Hunter Valley Experience -- 9. The Economics of Water Use in the Hunter Valley: Pressures for Reallocation -- 10. Environmental Assessment in Regional Development with Reference to the Atmosphere Environment of the Hunter Valley -- 11. The Impact of the Coal-Based Developments in the Hunter Valley on the Regional Labour Market -- Notes on Contributors -- References.
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