This article reviews the literature and practice of social impact assessment (SIA) to address
some of the perennial questions faced by all fields of impact assessment. What scope is …

We propose that to understand how a social licence to operate in mining is granted and
maintained, we need to take account of the processes mining companies use to engage with …

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often
obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful …

Mining activities in Australia tend to be cyclical, with boom and bust times impacting upon
associated communities. However, little information exists to classify key impacts or to …

Triple bottom line (TBL) reporting is a concept that is sweeping across the business sector,
government and NGOs. However, many of the issues faced by consideration of the social in …

It has been determined by existing literature that a lot of research efforts have been made to
the economic performance of construction waste management (CWM), but less attention is …

Using a recent editorial comment in this journal as a focus, this paper reviews the extent to
which geography has been implicated in the 'colonial project'in Australia. It argues that …

First published in 1998, this volume explores the Australian welfare system in the 1980s
through the lens of being 'bushed': lost, tired, confused and don't know which way to go …

A review of economic impact assessment (EcIA), social impact assessment (SIA), and
community participation practice in the rapidly growing coal industry of Australia's Bowen …

Purpose–The coal mining industry makes a key contribution to the Queensland economy,
and is the underlying driver of employment and economic conditions in many local and …