Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns: A comparative analysis

Tonts, Matthew; Plummer, Paul; Lawrie, Misty

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.10.006

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“…The accessibility dimension of food security is associated with income and a good road system principally; in this regard, our study corroborated what [19] also found, that localities far from production centers have limited access to animal products due to the lack of income and distance.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Low income in these localities is considered a barrier to access goods and services such food and decent housing. Long distance to mining operations is one of the major problems for these localities, as observed by [19] as well. Meanwhile, Huajumar showed a medium value in the component 1 (2.39) and a high value on component 2 (3.97) indicating that there was a balance among the three indices, which in turn, was exhibited with a highest value in the LSI (0.67).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Although there are groups of people who live in the mining operation centers, their income is not necessary a product of their jobs on the mine, leaving them more vulnerable to access goods and services in economic terms [19]. The same situation arises for localities a little further from the mining operation centers; in these cases, localities do not have both physical and economic access to those services [20].…”

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Using Social, Economic and Land-Use Indices to Build a Local Sustainability Index in a Mining Region of the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

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Abstract:Ore mining has served as a predictor of economic wellbeing since it brought development to countries. However, these benefits do not always extend to all localities that comprised the center of this industry. This paper examined the contribution of mining to local communities. An index of local sustainability was constructed based on economic, social, and land-use data from twelve localities where mining and forestry are their major economic activities. Land-use variables were obtained from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM 5) images for 2000, and Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI8) for 2014, while the socio-economic variables were collected in twelve localities with an 85-question survey. A sustainability index was developed for each group of variables-economic (ESI), social (SSI) and land-use sustainability index (LUSI)-to further build a local sustainability index (LSI). Three localities showed the highest ESI (0.61, 0.53 and 0.43) and SSI (0.90, 0.79 and 0.78), while two localities had the lowest values in the ESI and SSI. In contrast, the highest value of LUSI was found in two other different localities and in one with lower SSI. Income from mining activities is positively associated with the ESI and SSI, but there was no evidence of linear association with the LUSI. A local index of sustainability provides useful information for planning and development strategies.

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Using Social, Economic and Land-Use Indices to Build a Local Sustainability Index in a Mining Region of the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

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“…As mentioned above, the present literature on local political incentives is generally focused on economic growth, while research on urban resource development is focused on the weak economic growth of cities, reduced social and economic welfare [17], Dutch disease and concentration of manufacturing in the same region [18], low efficiency of resource utilization [19], and evaluation of environmental pollution in resource-oriented cities [20,21]. Research directly or indirectly related to this thesis is grouped into two types.…”

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How Have Political Incentives for Local Officials Reduced Environmental Pollution in Resource-Depleted Cities?

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Chinese resource-exhausted cities face more severe environmental pollution problems than other cities. In addressing these problems, the way local officials (usually senior party and government leaders) operate is very important, as their focus on political achievements may complicate how they manage environmental pollution in these cities. On the one hand, the traditional Gross Domestic Product-based quest for political achievement may lead top leaders to de-emphasize environmental pollution. On the other hand, changes made in 2003 to the way the performance of Chinese officials is evaluated have encouraged some local senior party and government leaders to pay more attention to environmental problems. Based on this, we analyze the relationship between political incentives and environmental pollution by applying the 2004-2014 panel data from 37 resource-exhausted cities. The findings reveal that firstly, among the factors which impact the environmental pollution of resource-exhausted cities, investment in fixed assets, foreign direct investment, industrial structure, per-capita education expenditure, and population density do not have a significant impact, thus indicating that local openness levels, the degree of industrial upgrading, and local investment in fixed assets are not the key variables in environmental pollution control. Secondly, the extent to which officials vie for political achievement affects environmental pollution in resource-exhausted cities. This depends upon whether the officials are municipal party secretaries or mayors; the former play a greater dynamic role in environmental pollution and have stronger robustness than the latter. The conclusion verifies both the existing authority structure of China and its effectiveness in the control of environmental pollution of resource-exhausted cities. That is to say, in contrast to the principles of the party committees, the mayors are in a subordinate position and often fail to fully and effectively exercise their functions. Accordingly, we point out that the selection of municipal party secretaries, rather than mayors, is particularly important in coming to terms with local environmental pollution.

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“…As a result, those interested in assessing different aspects of community-company relationships will have to account for social, economic, political, technological, and environmental systems (Hayter, 2004a). Furthermore, a number of local characteristics such as remoteness, size, company structure, resource availability, and history must be examined (Tonts et al, 2011).…”

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Community-company relationships in forest-dependent communities in northern BC: Assessing the local, sectoral, and theoretical implications.

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Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns: A comparative analysis

Cited by 111 publications

References 34 publications

Using Social, Economic and Land-Use Indices to Build a Local Sustainability Index in a Mining Region of the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Using Social, Economic and Land-Use Indices to Build a Local Sustainability Index in a Mining Region of the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

How Have Political Incentives for Local Officials Reduced Environmental Pollution in Resource-Depleted Cities?

Community-company relationships in forest-dependent communities in northern BC: Assessing the local, sectoral, and theoretical implications.

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