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Assessing Social and Economic Impacts of Coal Mining Changes in Bowen Basin, QLD

Explore the social and economic impacts of coal mining changes in Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia, through innovative assessment techniques like choice modeling and experimental workshops. Discover community perceptions and engagement through surveys and workshops.

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Assessing Social and Economic Impacts of Coal Mining Changes in Bowen Basin, QLD

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  1. ASSESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY IN THE BOWEN BASIN, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. Galina Ivanova and John Rolfe Centre for Social Science Research, Central Queensland University Rockhampton, Australia.

  2. Advancing social and economic impact assessment • Limitations of traditional social and economic assessment techniques • Need mechanisms that consider S&E impacts simultaneously • The use of these approaches trialled in the project: • - Choice modelling • - Experimental workshops

  3. Choice modelling survey • Blackwater and the Bauhinia Shire • Survey on perceptions of residents towards living in Blackwater (the Bauhinia Shire) and coal mining industry operations (background, demographic, context issues and choice sets) - Phone and mail follow up (Blackwater & the Bauhinia Shire) - Door knock (Blackwater) - Short survey in work camps (Blackwater) • Response rate – 74% • 304 usable responses in Blackwater • 190 usable responses in the Bauhinia Shire

  4. The survey:How do you perceive your community to live in?

  5. The survey:Community perceptions of mines

  6. The survey:Mines and development

  7. The survey:Engaging with community Blackwater Bauhinia Shire

  8. The choice modelling technique • a stated preference technique • involves asking respondents to make a series of choices about alternative scenarios • each choice set involves a number of profiles describing the alternatives on offer • one of the profiles describes a current or future status quo option, and remains constant between the choice sets (default option) • other alternatives - some improvements on the current situation, but with some monetary cost implications

  9. This is the 1st out of 4 questions Please treat each set of choices independently of others, i.e. do not change your answers The choice modelling sample set

  10. The choice modelling technique, Part worth

  11. The experimental workshops • 3 experimental workshops in each town (Blackwater and Springsure) - Blackwater - 23 participants - the Bauhinia Shire - 35 participants • focused on the same key attributes used in the choice modelling study • focus group of the survey helped in the design of the workshops

  12. The experimental workshops • rank the six key attributes in order of importance • apportion an identified budget amount between each of the six areas (the same budget for each respondent) • 5 rounds - the level of budget was changed in each round • discussion section • repeat the ranking of the six key attributes (whether the participation and discussion changed perceptions)

  13. A short rating survey Please rate each of the following options in relation to the future development of Blackwater from most (1) to least (5) important. The experimental workshops

  14. The experimental workshops Blackwater Bauhinia Shire

  15. The experimental workshops:Proportions of budgets allocated by area Blackwater Bauhinia Shire

  16. a range of tools to choose from, • traditional tools - many advantages but also some difficulties • alternative assessment mechanisms - choice modelling - experimental workshop • a great deal of consistency in the results from the different techniques • each of the tested techniques provided some different insights into the types of impacts on communities • choice modelling and experimental workshops are complements rather than replacements for more traditional types of social and economic impact assessment, • further work to develop these tools and include them in impact assessment processes appear warranted. Summary

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