Over the next 25 years 50% of Australia's mines are expected to close and a stream of post-mined land use transitions are proposed. These mine closures and potential transitions will have major environmental, economic, and social impacts, particularly in our regional and indigenous communities where mining activities are centralised. To build capacity to manage regional changes in land use, a (theoretical and empirically grounded) platform to allow for dynamic assessments of...
More DescriptionOver the next 25 years 50% of Australia's mines are expected to close and a stream of post-mined land use transitions are proposed. These mine closures and potential transitions will have major environmental, economic, and social impacts, particularly in our regional and indigenous communities where mining activities are centralised. To build capacity to manage regional changes in land use, a (theoretical and empirically grounded) platform to allow for dynamic assessments of distributional impacts is required. This document lays the foundations for such a platform and to facilitate regional planning. Current knowledge base is synthesized through a literature review, best practice identifies and where the challenges are through survey/interviews, delivers a gap analysis, outlines research priorities pathway for future work, and builds a strategic framework(s) to inform future research programs.