Social finance and banking with an embedded social purpose have been on the rise in
recent decades. Social entrepreneurs have repeatedly stressed the critical need for financial …

This paper focuses on the ability of regions where mining is concentrated to adapt to closure
given the regional assets and the complexities of their association with declining production …

Community empowerment to improve local welfare is a big challenge for almost every rural
area in developing countries as thematic empowerment's programs has to be launched in …

Rural gentrification is deeply characterized by institutional context and spatiotemporal
heterogeneity. Based on a diachronic field investigation, this paper constructs an analytical …

In Australia, coal seam gas (CSG) could help to meet growing demands for cleaner
alternatives to coal, thus making it important for the energy transition. By developing such an …

Unconventional gas plays a significant role in transitioning to low carbon energy sources;
however, its extraction is socially contested, and proponents increasingly face social licence …

The relationship between crime and the rapid growth and industrialization associated with
resource‐based booms in large boomtowns is well‐documented. This study focuses on …

Village committees, as grassroots spontaneously formed by rural collective members in
China's hierarchy system, play an irreplaceable role in the management of rural public …

Although the exploration of mineral resources and industry can promote economic
development, it can also threaten the resilience and well-being of the environment, health …

Abstract Communities living in South-East Queensland have the longest experience of
social and economic impacts and benefits from unconventional gas development in …