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  • Coming apart at the seams? Social impact assessment and the coal seam gas controversy in Queensland, Australia

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    Rickson, Kara
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    Rickson, Kara E.
    Year published
    2012
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    This paper considers whether the scale, pace and nature of coal seam gas mining is booming ahead of social impact assessment requirements in the Australian state of Queensland. Plans for greatly expanding the coal seam gas industry, particularly in the farming regions of the Surat Basin, have raised questions not only about the safety of cumulative and longer-term impacts on aquifers and agriculture, including on the nation's food security, but also about the very future of Australia's rural and regional communities, environment and economy. These highly-charged debates are discussed in relation to current and proposed ...
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    This paper considers whether the scale, pace and nature of coal seam gas mining is booming ahead of social impact assessment requirements in the Australian state of Queensland. Plans for greatly expanding the coal seam gas industry, particularly in the farming regions of the Surat Basin, have raised questions not only about the safety of cumulative and longer-term impacts on aquifers and agriculture, including on the nation's food security, but also about the very future of Australia's rural and regional communities, environment and economy. These highly-charged debates are discussed in relation to current and proposed provisions for social and environmental impact assessment for informing development decisions across local, state and national levels.
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    Conference Title
    32nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, IAIA12 Conference Proceedings
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    http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2012_conference/
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2012. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher’s website or contact the authors.
    Subject
    Environmental Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/48904
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