http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/ The University of Queensland en Fez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:84183 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z Cliff, D. I. og Lakeland, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:103153 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Barker, T. og Yanner, B. og Pascoe, F. og Brereton, D. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252670 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z Gillespie, Kirsty og Schlaginhaufen, Otto http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:227855 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Everingham, J. og Warburton, J. og Cuthill, M. og Bartlett, H. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:274202 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z Parra, Cristian og Brereton, David og Pacheco, Vladimir og Franks, Daniel og Owen, John og Terril, Janice http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:99491 2007-08-24T12:43:58Z Hanahan, C. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:174592 An experiment is used to investigate two important factors associated with environmental investment decision-making by managers: the regulatory regime in which the firm operates and the nature of environmental information used as a decision aid. Two regulatory regimes are examined, a command and control regulatory regime and a voluntary self-regulatory regime. Two accounting systems are contrasted, environmental management accounting and conventional management accounting, thereby providing a 2 × 2 experimental design for the empirical study. The paper considers environmental investment decision-making by different types of managers working in the Australian offshore petroleum industry. These empirical results indicate that environmental accounting information has a more significant influence on the willingness of managers to incorporate environmental considerations into investment decisions and to avoid future environmental risks, than does the type of regulatory regime. 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z Sarker, Tapan K. og Burritt, Roger L. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:57774 Victoria Police statistics show that, since the late 1980s, there has been a significant increase in reported rapes in that State. One interpretation of this trend is that there has been an increase in the underlying incidence of sexual violence in the community. An alternative explanation is that rape victims have become more willing to report to the police, in response to factors such as improved provision of support services to sexual assault victims, reforms to substantive and procedural law, and changes in police attitudes and procedures. In order to rest these competing interpretations data were collected and analysed on the characteristics of rapes reported to the Victoria Police in the late 1980s/early 1990s. This analysis showed that: (I) most of the additional offences reported in the early 1990s were allegations of rapes committed by family members, spouses and other intimates; and (2) an increasing number of reports related to offences which had been committed at feast one year prior to a report being made to the police. It is argued that these changing patterns are consistent with a significant increase in the reporting rate for rape. More generally, the research reported in this paper highlights the limitations of reported crime statistics as measures of the level of social violence, and points to the need for crime researchers to develop alternative methodologies for measuring and interpreting trends. 2007-08-13T00:00:00Z Ross, S og Brereton, D http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:290490 2013-02-04T15:23:49Z Measham, Thomas G. og Haslam McKenzie, Fiona og Moffat, Kieren og Franks, Daniel http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:277456 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z Parra, Hector og Onate, Barbara og Tuazon, Daniel http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:278865 2012-08-13T09:46:14Z Tuazon, D. og Corder, G. D. og Powell, M. og Ziemski, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:263205 In the mining industry, high-level commitments to adopt sustainability have been made at the corporate levels of mining companies, but there continue to be problems when attempts are made to adopt these high-level sustainability aspirations and translate them into appropriate targets and methods at the more-specific operational level. The integration of sustainability principles into day-to-day mineral processing operational decision-making processes has unique challenges that are not addressed adequately by current tools and methodologies. A proposed methodology to achieve integration of sustainability at the operational level will direct the systematic and rigorous identification and qualification of sustainability issues and opportunities in an operation. The methodology, starting from a sustainability point-of-view rather than an operational one, guides the identification of process issues (‘‘problems’’) and opportunities by examining the operation, unit-by-unit, similar to a HAZOP process. Each issue or opportunity is qualified according to its measurability, scopes of impact and consequences so that it may be understood fully and the correct engineering problems are formed. The methodology has been tested with two case studies at minerals processing operations. At one site, the methodology identified a dust issue which had considerable business risks (loss of valuable product) compared to conventional engineering analysis processes. The other site also benefited from using the methodology as an opportunity to improve the milling circuit between the semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill and flotation circuit was identified. The opportunity not only showed a potential to improve the operational efficiency of the units concerned, but also potential improvements in water and energy (both direct and embodied) efficiency. It was important to utilise the holistic approach of the methodology in the identification of opportunities at this site; the goals of the operation showed a strong coupling between water and energy issues which would be difficult to overcome using the operation’s current organisational model which deals with such issues separately of each other. 2011-12-08T15:10:33Z Tuazon, D. og Corder, G. og Powell, M. og Ziemski, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:176187 This research examines housing market dynamics in resource boom towns in Western Australia and Queensland. In particular, the impact of boom resource conditions on housing affordability and its effects on a variety of other related social indicators in those towns. 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z Haslam-MacKenzie, Fiona og Brereton, David og Birdsall-Jones, Christina og Phillips, Rhonda og Rowley, Steven http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:135922 2008-04-22T11:34:39Z McLellan, B. C. og Corder, G. D. og Green, S. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:254167 The community mining space remains contested for a range of complex reasons. This inherently difficult discursive space is made most apparent in the context of international development where mining is often viewed as a potential lever in the effort to lift poorer nations out of poverty. In this article, the authors offer a critical review of community development (CD) approaches that are currently being applied by the mining sector. While the authors acknowledge recent positive developments in this domain, there remains a good deal of scope for improving the internal standing of, and the external influence over, CD practice in mining. Drawing on the contemporary CD literature, the authors assert “assets” as one possible heurism for enhancing this discursive space by highlighting the ways in which community and company representatives may be able to participate more actively in dialogical processes—both between and within company and community—where development discourse is not prefigured or biased against participating parties. 2011-10-05T11:36:34Z Owen, John, R. og Kemp, Deanna http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:199123 In this work, we developed a conceptual model incorporating atmospheric transport and hydrological removal of sulfur compounds from a single isolated source. A process engineering approach with conceptual tanks, reactors, pipes, and valves is used for environmental transport modeling. The work includes verification of the model using current data and historical soil sulfur data from a study 23 yrs earlier, collected from sites in a forest and within 20 km from an isolated coal-fired power plant. This verification opportunity is unique in that the power plant is the single major pollutant source within the airshed. In the conceptual process engineering model, environmental relationships with local soil conditions and climate are modeled. The model is validated for three sampling sites, and a sensitivity analysis shows that rainfall has the greatest variance among several other parameters, including sulfur emissions, dry deposition rate, runoff factor, permeability factor, and airshed dimensions. The model is shown to be suitable for a location-specific sustainability metrics application, but it has limitations that further research could improve on including the incorporation of more complexity with the modeling of ground and surface water flows, atmospheric and soil reactions, and vegetation effects. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineer 2010-03-14T00:08:10Z McLellan, B. C. og Dicks, A. og Diniz da Costa, J. C. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:253312 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z Pacheco, Vladimir og Lee, Karen og Stephan, Carly http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200653 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252664 2011-09-21T08:37:20Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:104744 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Corder, G. D. og van Beers, D. og Lay, J. og Van Berkel, R. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:104599 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Evans, R D og Moran, C og Brereton, D J http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2921 2006-04-20T16:13:10Z Geoffrey Kiel og Gavin Nicholson og Mary Anne Barclay http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252049 2011-09-16T14:32:43Z Horberry, Tim og Lynas, Danellie og Franks, Daniel M. og Barnes, Rodger og Brereton, David http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:252460 2011-09-20T14:02:08Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:253428 2011-09-27T15:19:36Z Gillespie, Kirsty http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:286065 2012-11-22T14:54:45Z Sturman, Kathryn http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:286067 2012-11-22T15:00:54Z Sturman, Kathryn http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:199631 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z Bainton, N. og Cook, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72342 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z Corder, G D http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72365 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z Corder, G D http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:258003 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Hugo, Graeme og Bardsley, Douglas og Sharma, Vigya og Tan, Yan og Williams, Michael og Bedford, Richard http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:273893 There is now sufficient evidence that changes in global climatic conditions are inevitable. Furthermore, it has also been established that those sections of the society which are already disadvantaged will be particularly vulnerable to these changes. With respect to population vulnerability, two issues remain of primary concern: first, direct and indirect socio-economic vulnerability to climate change and second, which to a large extent follows on from the first, lack of a sense of terrestrial belongingness and thus, an increasing trend of displacement and resulting conflicts. Together, these two concerns result in a vicious circle of further vulnerability of disadvantaged populations and enhanced socio-economic deprivation. This paper attempts to disentangle the complex ‘climate change-migration-vulnerability-security’ syndrome for two of the world’s largest and most populous deltas: the Ganges-Brahmaputra and the Mekong in South and South East (SE) Asia, respectively. The paper makes a critical analysis of the large volume of empirical study regarding present and future climate change impacts in the delta areas and their implications for potential migration and related human security in the region. Lessons distilled from the two regions are presented and discussed as a basis for framing policy responses to address security implications of climate change not only in the region but also across other developing parts of the world. Finally, the vital role that effective governance and innovative regional cooperation structures will play in tackling increasing vulnerability and human security challenges across the region is discussed. 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z Sharma, Vigya og Hugo, Graeme http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:270492 The practice of social impact assessment (SIA) described in this volume has as its central theme the analysis, monitoring and management of the social consequences of development (Vanclay, 2003). The most common applications tend to be associated with the introduction of a new economic development such as new infrastructure, industry or facilities. Conceptually, SIA can also be applied to changes brought about by the closure of projects, industries or other activities, but in practice this is uncommon. There are several reasons for this, primarily that most projects assume a long-term or indefinite future ~ith closure aspects receiving relatively little attention early in a project's life. Further, many closure events are driven by economic or political change, and are relatively sudden and unplanned, leaving little scope for prior analysis. Notwithstanding these factors, there are a range of studies that address the social impacts of closure. The most common examples tend to fall into certain sectors or industries including military base closures, the closure of natural resource-based industries such as fisheries or logging due to changes in government policy, and manufacturing facility closures associated with changes in market and economic conditions. While the military base examples tend to be more premeditated, closure impacts are not usually considered at the time of base establishment. It is worth noting that most of the literature on this topic tends to be retrospective descriptive analyses of the impacts of closure, rather than attempts to forecast and manage such impacts (e.g. Smith et al., 2003; Minchin, 2009). [Extract] 2012-03-19T16:59:26Z Evans, Robin http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:176839 Regional communities and environments in Australia have experienced the rapid transitions associated with expansion of the coal mining industry and now face the prospects of industry contraction as a result of declining global resource demand. While communities have benefited from the expansion of the coal industry through the creation of jobs and the investment in economies the compounding impacts of multiple mining operations have stretched environmental, social, human and economic capital. Such change has multiplied the extent, magnitude and profile of cumulative (or multi-mine) community, economic and environmental impacts and rendered conventional mine-by-mine approaches to management and mitigation ineffective. In this paper we draw from examples in the Bowen Basin, Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin to traverse the range of impacts resulting from mining activities and detail management and assessment practices drawn from working examples that have aimed to enhance positive, and avoid and mitigate negative, cumulative impacts. 2009-04-17T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel og Brereton, David og Moran, Chris J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:256399 2011-10-17T14:48:50Z Everingham, Jo-Anne og Warburton, Jeni og Cuthill, Michael og Bartlett, Helen http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:288727 2013-01-10T14:13:12Z Gillespie, Kirsty og Bainton, Nicholas A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:101265 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z Parsons, D.E.R. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:254065 2011-10-04T13:17:53Z Evans, Robin og Kemp, Deanna http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:200672 This article focuses on community relations in the mining industry, within the context of sustainable development, social responsibility and stakeholder engagement. Community relations is conceptualized as a three-dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding and; facilitating necessary organizational change to improve social performance. Key challenges of institutionalizing and professionalizing community relations within the mining industry are discussed. The article argues that at a conceptual level, community relations should be de-linked from public relations if it is to gain strength as a professional domain of work. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. 2010-03-25T15:08:56Z Kemp, Deanna http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:271756 2012-03-27T15:34:08Z Goss, Jasper og Pacheco, Douglas http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:298019 2013-04-19T12:29:44Z Dierkes, Julian og Dalaibuyan, Byambajav http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:176809 In this thesis I develop a political-ecological model of Resource Appropriation called Landscape Consumption. Resource Appropriation, the intentional taking by a social group(s) from one society of the resources of another sovereign political society without consent, is a pervasive and persistent social phenomenon. Resource Appropriation may manifest between states, nations, corporations or other forms of social organisation and may range from the direct looting of resources, occupation of land and colonialism, to the enforcement of disadvantageous economic, political and trading relationships. Consistent with the field of Political Ecology this thesis attempts to account for the broader environmental and social transformations that accompany Resource Appropriation and the underlying political and economic processes. In doing so the thesis contributes to the growing collection of literature that explores the relationship between natural resource development and social and ecological transformation. 2009-04-17T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:278027 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z Brereton, David J. og Kemp, Deanna og Evans, Robin og Keenan, Julia http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:174214 2009-04-07T11:33:26Z Gibson, Ginger og Kemp, Deanna http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:246942 Mining companies are increasingly urged to contribute to the long-term economic and social well-being of host communities in regional Australia and are attempting to respond to such calls as part of a commitment to corporate social responsibility. Yet the nature and extent of their involvement in local affairs is not fixed or given, but is influenced by a host of factors including the kind of mine in operation, the remoteness of the local area, the presence or absence of other governmental stakeholders and the legacy of prior modes of mining industry intervention. This paper explores these issues in three different contexts: A company town considering normalisation; a mixed-economy region in which mining companies are required to play a greater role in local affairs than previously; and a fly-in, fly-out mine in a remote and sparsely populated region in which such opportunities to contribute to local life are limited. These studies illustrate the shifting responsibilities between public and private sectors, the changing expectations of each actor, and the ambiguity surrounding the responsibility of mining companies to participate in local governance. 2011-09-02T14:53:48Z Cheshire, Lynda og Everingham, Jo-Anne og Pattenden, Catherine http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:270647 This article engages internal organizational aspects of ‘accountability’ for corporate social responsibility (CSR) in mining by challenging the current ‘audit culture’. Audits offer a tool through which to shape and regulate corporate social performance (CSP). Where audits have limited value is in their ability to stimulate internal engagement around social and organizational norms and principles, as the process relies on auditors to generate performance data against pre-selected indicators. Data is then utilized to produce a measure of risk or effectiveness through which to demonstrate compliance. Focusing on the internal organizational aspects of accountability and the processes, mechanisms and methodologies used to establish critical reflection, three alternatives within the current audit regime are presented. These forms of ‘new accounting’ stand in contrast to conventional auditing, as their focus is on building cross-functional connections and collaborative internal relationships that are based on dialogue and mutual exchange about the problems and possibilities of CSR implementation. 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z Kemp, Deanna og Owen, John R. og van de Graaff, Shashi http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:162934 2009-02-04T00:00:00Z Pattenden, Catherine http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300553 Australia has experienced rapid development within its resource regions, with traditional mining sectors like coal, iron-ore and natural gas expanding and new industries such as coal seam gas emerging. As a result, there is an increasing prevalence and awareness of the cumulative impacts of the extractive resource industries on the society, environment and economy of these regions. Collaborative governance is emerging as a means of addressing cumulative impacts. This article undertakes an analysis of 30 case studies of collaborative governance in the resources sector of Australia. The initiatives analysed range from those focussed on information exchange and coordination to higher degrees of collaboration that involve shared resources and shared risks. The study demonstrates that there are challenges in using collaborative approaches to tackle cumulative impacts, but that significant benefits can be realised. The study highlights the need to nurture and cultivate collaborative relationships in order to provide the foundation for long-term solutions. 2013-05-24T10:53:51Z Porter, Madeleine og Franks, Daniel M. og Everingham, Jo-Anne http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225018 The Australian mining industry and the coal mining sector in particular operate in an increasingly challenging environment of changing community expectations, increased governance and public scrutiny. It is in this context that cumulative impacts have assumed growing importance. 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z Franks, Daniel M. og Brereton, David og Moran. Chris J. og Sarker, Tapan og Cohen, Tamar http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:241146 This chapter provides guidance for practitioners on assessment and management strategies to enhance positive, and avoid and mitigate adverse, cumulative social impacts. We define cumulative impacts as the successive, incremental and combined impacts of one or more activities on society, the economy or the environment (Moran et al., 2007; Brereton et al., 2008). Cumulative impacts are also commonly referred to as cumulative effects. Cumulative impacts can be very important to communities, economies and environments because it is the accumulation of impacts that they actually experience (Kennett, 1999). While cumulative impacts can be generated from the aggregation and interactions of the impacts resulting from a single intervention, in general the term refers to the issues of assessment and management across multiple activities and actors in the one region. Sometimes called cumulative effects assessment (Damman et al., 1995; Hegmann et al., 1999), cumulative impact assessments are rarely done, and when they are done they tend to focus on biophysical impacts rather than social impacts. Social impact assessment (SIA) too has probably not given sufficient attention to cumulative impacts (Lockie et al., 2008; Canter and Ross, 2010). [Introduction extract] 2011-05-23T10:29:18Z Franks, Daniel M. og Brereton, David og Moran, Chris J.