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Title Resource curse or cure? : On the sustainability of development in Western Australia / Martin Bruecker, Angela Durey, Robyn Mayes, Christof Pforr, editors
Published Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2014]

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Series CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance, 2196-7075
CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance.
Contents Curse or Cure? -- The Politics of Development in Western Australia -- A Review of the Resources Sector in Western Australia -- Ethics of Deployment -- Resources, Global Production Networks and Regional Development -- CSR in the Resource Sector of Western Australia -- Gendered Dimensions of Resource Extraction -- Mining and Indigenous Socio-Economic Advancement -- Too Close to the Wheels of Progress: A Perspective on a Community's Experience -- Oil and Gas and Tourism in the West Kimberley, Australia -- Sustaining Local Communities: Mining Automation and Local Benefits -- Social Impacts of Fly-in / Fly-out Work Practices -- Mining and Sustainable Local Communities -- Mining and Biodiversity -- Regulating the Resource Juggernaut -- Water, Development and the Extractive Industrial State -- Enduring Community Value from Mining -- Challenging the 'Resource Curse' in Australian Regions in Transition -- Geotourism -- A Sustainable Development Alternative for Western Australia? -- Indigenous Culture and Health -- Reconciling Tensions: A Way Forward?
Summary Globalisation and rapid social and environmental change in recent decades have brought into sharper focus not only the benefits but also the costs of economic development. The once assumed link between economic development and societal well-being is being increasingly questioned in the face of growing social and environmental problems and unfulfilled expectations concerning political and commercial decision-makers. The orthodox development dogma is being tested in particular in resource-based economies such as Western Australia, where globalisation pressures and the concomitant rise in the demand for natural resources highlight the difficulties of effectively balancing broader societal interests with those of industry and the state. This book provides a critical review of the socio-political, environmental and cultural state of play in Western Australia, offering an analysis of how resource-based developments are shaping the state and its people
Analysis politieke economie
political economy
milieueconomie
environmental economics
ontwikkelingseconomie
development economics
duurzame ontwikkeling
sustainable development
milieuwetgeving
environmental legislation
milieubeleid
environmental policy
milieu
environment
Development Studies (General)
Ontwikkelingsstudies (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Apr 10, 2014)
Subject Sustainable development -- Australia -- Western Australia
Economic development -- Australia -- Western Australia
Resource curse -- Australia -- Western Australia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Economic development
Resource curse
Sustainable development
Western Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Brueckner, Martin.
Durey, Angela
Mayes, Robyn
Pforr, Christof.
ISBN 9783642538735
3642538738