| Description |
453 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Living with open-cuts (Camberwell (NSW)) -- 2. Rights : theirs or ours? (Acland, Felton (QLD)) -- 3. Where coal is king (Hunter Valley (NSW)) -- 4. What price a life? (Lithgow (NSW), Hunter Valley, Collie (WA)) -- 5. Clearing out the country (Mudgee-Cumbo Valley, Wollar, Ulan, Bylong (NSW)) -- 6. Dark times in the Sunshine State (Mackay/Louisa Creek, Bowen/Hay Point, Collinsville to Capella via Moranbah (QLD)) -- 7. You can't eat coal (Liverpool Plains (NSW), Central Highlands (QLD)) -- 8. Wide spaces, narrow vision (Rolleston, Orion, Moura, Wandoan, Warra (Qld)) -- 9. Allowing the unthinkable (Gloucester Valley (NSW), Margaret River (WA)) -- 10. Who needs water? (South of Sydney, Chain Valley Bay (NSW), Collie, Hunter Valley, Ulan, Running Stream (NSW), Queensland -- 11. Putting people last (Menangle (NSW), Collie, Running Stream) -- 12. Methane on the march -- 13. Going, going ... (Bimblebox (QLD), Gardens of Stone, Dharawal, Warkworth, Ben Bullen Forest, Leard Forest, Pilliga (NSW)) -- 14. New Frontiers (Latrobe Valley and beyond, Vic, WA, SA, Tas)) -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coalmining areas. She found a war zone. Here, literally at the coal-face, towns and districts are dying - home-owners and farmers forced out by mining, broken in spirit and in health |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Business ethics |
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Case studies |
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Coal industry |
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Coal seam gas |
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Environmental impact |
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Social impact |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-453) |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Coalbed methane -- Australia.
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Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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Mines and mineral resources -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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| Author |
Munro, Sharyn T
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| ISBN |
9781742610993 |
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