This book explores the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of the global mining sector and local … communities by focusing on a number of international cases drawn from various locations in Canada, the Philippines, and … Scandinavia. Mining's contribution to economic development varies greatly across countries. In some, it has been a major engine of …

There is increasing international pressure to ensure that mining development is aligned with local and national … development objectives. In South Africa, legislation requires mining companies to produce Social and Labour Plans, which are aimed … at addressing local developmental concerns. Against the background of the new mining legislation in South Africa, this …

Communities around the world have increasingly come to demand more involvement in decision making for local mining … regulations has become an increasingly insufficient means of satisfying society's expectations with regards to mining issues … development. In an effort to identify key determinants of SLO outcomes in the mining industry, this paper presents a comparative …

qualitative studies, is presented for one industry, Australian mining, across different places and time periods but concentrating …

express their opinions. Various communities may have diverse sentiments about events and it is an interesting research problem …

aimed at investigating the effectiveness of physical (geographical) and virtual communities on information and knowledge …

This research aims to investigate the role of communities in disaster recovery and in building resilience to answer the … recovery planning, public service continuity plans, and relocating people from disaster-prone communities to safer areas as …

relevant network components as communities. The method is also useful to represent the network community structure, especially …