Because of their close relationships to the land, water, and resources therein, and their
marginalized social and economic positions, Indigenous peoples living in current or former …

A primary way that natural resources affect a locality is through the demand for labor, with
greater extraction requiring more workers. Shifts in labor demand can be measured through …

The objective of the paper is to synthesize the existing empirical research on mining,
regional development and benefit-sharing in developed countries. Specifically, the paper …

The relationship between resource extraction activity and economic growth has been widely
studied in the literature, and the resource curse hypotheses emerged as a theory to explain …

The Bowen Basin in Central Queensland is one of the most active coal mining regions in
Australia. Coal mining is highly lucrative and a major contributor to the Australian economy …

Mining activities generate benefits but can also negatively impact human societies and the
environment. The present research aims to examine how people evaluate the benefits and …

The mining industry is capital intensive, and generally, direct labour employed is low
compared to other industries. Considering this, when analysing local economic effects of …

We investigate the effect of resource dependence on district level income in a rare within-
country study for Indonesia, one of the largest resource producing countries in Asia. We …

This paper looks at the impact of a new extractive industry, namely unconventional natural
gas, on rural decline. Rural decline is defined as comprising loss of rural youth, reduced …

Despite increasing recognition that the world's social and environmental problems cannot
be addressed solely by business, government or society in isolation, the role of partnerships …