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Drivers and effects of construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa

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ID13068288
AuthorsMette Bendixen (0000-0003-2505-266X, McGill University, corresponding author), Nakiya Noorbhai (0009-0006-8663-120X, McGill University), Joy Zhou (0000-0001-8992-8179, McGill University), Lars Lønsmann Iversen (0000-0003-0424-7740, McGill University), Ke Huang (0000-0002-5924-7062, Danish Geodata Agency)
Year2023
Volume16
Pages101364-101364
Publication date2023-10-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Extractive Industries and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2214-790X • E-ISSN: 2214-7918
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.exis.2023.101364
OpenAlexW4387590654
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited38

Agriculture · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Livelihood · Natural resource economics · Population · Revenue · Sand mining · Scarcity · Unemployment · Urbanization · Variety (cybernetics · Mining and Resource Management · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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