Boyd Blackwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 6388158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boyd Blackwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boyd |
| FAMILY NAME | Blackwell |
| SIGNATURE | BLACKWELL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8143-158X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mining contestation as an impetus for natural and cultural heritage protection
Impetus for protection comes from mining contestation. • Exponential expansion expected in critical minerals in coming decades. • Current protected areas cover little of existing wilderness. • Mining expansion will overlap with wilderness areas. • Strategic planning and assessment needed for optimal allocation. This article provides evidence that contestation over mining helps bring attention and protective action for conservation hotspots. Drawi…
Obituary
Contributing to sustainable community livelihoods
Many rural communities in Australia are looking to arrest population decline and secure their future viability. This article examines how resource companies contribute towards building sustainable community livelihoods through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The study uses structuration theory to explore how human agency combines with key structural processes to create CSR with long-term benefits. Data collection includes semi-s…
Underuse of social-ecological systems
The viability of remote mining communities
This article examines community perceptions and employment impacts to assess ex ante the post-mining viability of two settlements in remote north-east South Australia. The results reinforce grave concerns over their future viability following mine closure. However, government employees and traditional owners are more optimistic than other groups about community futures beyond mining. Devastatingly, employment impacts represent approximately 80 an…
Institutional vehicles for place-shaping in remote Australia
Some communities in remote Australia represent the most impoverished people in the country, with the problem especially acute amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Effective remedial intervention is often undermined by the absence of democratically elected, local government institutions. Place-shaping as a developmental process enables local people to become agents of change, and thereby self-determine and shape their places for the fut…
Contributing to sustainable community livelihoods
Many rural communities in Australia are looking to arrest population decline and secure their future viability. This article examines how resource companies contribute towards building sustainable community livelihoods through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The study uses structuration theory to explore how human agency combines with key structural processes to create CSR with long-term benefits. Data collection includes semi-s…
Institutional vehicles for place-shaping in remote Australia
Some communities in remote Australia represent the most impoverished people in the country, with the problem especially acute amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Effective remedial intervention is often undermined by the absence of democratically elected, local government institutions. Place-shaping as a developmental process enables local people to become agents of change, and thereby self-determine and shape their places for the fut…
Underuse of social-ecological systems
Institutional vehicles for place-shaping in remote Australia
Some communities in remote Australia represent the most impoverished people in the country, with the problem especially acute amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Effective remedial intervention is often undermined by the absence of democratically elected, local government institutions. Place-shaping as a developmental process enables local people to become agents of change, and thereby self-determine and shape their places for the fut…
The viability of remote mining communities
This article examines community perceptions and employment impacts to assess ex ante the post-mining viability of two settlements in remote north-east South Australia. The results reinforce grave concerns over their future viability following mine closure. However, government employees and traditional owners are more optimistic than other groups about community futures beyond mining. Devastatingly, employment impacts represent approximately 80 an…
Contributing to sustainable community livelihoods
Many rural communities in Australia are looking to arrest population decline and secure their future viability. This article examines how resource companies contribute towards building sustainable community livelihoods through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The study uses structuration theory to explore how human agency combines with key structural processes to create CSR with long-term benefits. Data collection includes semi-s…
Underuse of social-ecological systems
Obituary
Mining contestation as an impetus for natural and cultural heritage protection
Impetus for protection comes from mining contestation. • Exponential expansion expected in critical minerals in coming decades. • Current protected areas cover little of existing wilderness. • Mining expansion will overlap with wilderness areas. • Strategic planning and assessment needed for optimal allocation. This article provides evidence that contestation over mining helps bring attention and protective action for conservation hotspots. Drawi…
Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Environmental planning (2 works) · Human settlement (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)