Title & Author:

Coping with closure : an international comparison of mine town experiences / edited by Cecily Neil, Markku Tykk[y]läinen, and John Bradbury.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Description:

xvii, 427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-419) and index.
Introduction / Cecily Neil and Markku Tykkyläinen -- Mine closures in Canada: problems, prospects and policies / Robert Keyes -- Metal mining and mine closure in Sweden, Finland, and Norway / Mårten Johansson, Paavo Talman, Markku Tykkyläinen and Sveinung Eikeland -- Mining settlements in Australia / Alaric Maude and Graeme Hugo -- Closure of the Stekenjokk mine in north-west Sweden / Lennart Nygren and Urban Karlsson -- National policy of economic redevelopment, regional development, and how the working class copes with uncertainty / Sveinung Eikeland -- Mine closures and worker adjustment: the case of Pine point / Glenn Kendall -- The community impacts of restructuring practices in the Australian mining industry: their long-term implications for coping with closure / Ruth Sturmey -- Schefferville: the crisis in the Quebec-Labrador iron mining region. The life and death of a company town / Kevin Archer and John Bradbury ; Mine closure in single-industry towns and the problem of residual activities / Jeanne M. Wolfe -- 'Keep jobs in the Kootenays': coping with closure in British Columbia / Agnes Koch and John Gartrell -- Solutions to mine closure in Outokumpu / Markku Tykkyläinen -- From mine to outer space: the case of Kiruna, a town in northern Sweden / Ingrid Liljenäs -- Wind-down and closure across a region: local economic development problems facing the Tasmanian west coast / Cecily Neil and John Lea -- Native labour commuting to uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan: its economic significance for indigenous communities / Jean Gagnon -- Finland: restructuring policy in the 1980s / Paavo Talman and Markku Tykkyläinen -- The comings and goings of Fort McMurray, Alberta / Ira M. Robinson and David Stuart -- Mine closures in remote regions: policy options and implications / Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh -- Planning for closure, dealing with crisis / Cecily Neil, Markku Tykkyläinen and Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415066514
9780415066518

Subject:

Mine closures Case studies.
Unemployment Case studies.
Company towns Case studies.
Unemployment.
Company towns.
Mines Fermeture Cas, Études de.
Villes minières Cas, Études de.
Chômage Cas, Études de.
Mines Fermeture Études de cas.
Mine closures.
Bergwerk
Stilllegung
Aufsatzsammlung
Australien
Skandinavien
Kanada
Urban communities Mining
Mining communities Social conditions

Form/genre:

Case studies.

Added entries:

Neil, Cecily, 1943-
Tykkyläinen, Markku.
Bradbury, John.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269266
Call No.: BIB 201403
Status: Available