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Economic Sustainability Of The Flambeau Mine Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Anne M. Hartingh
Economic Sustainability Of The Flambeau Mine Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Anne M. Hartingh
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Today sustainable development is a very pertinent issue. Communities do not want companies, specifically mining companies, to deplete a natural resource and leave. The goal is to minimize the negative impacts of mining and the boom/bust cycles of natural resource extraction.
In this study a three part framework was developed to analyze the sustainability of the Flambeau Mine in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The first and second part dealt with an in-depth local and regional analysis and whether the community was developing within its own vision. The third part used nine sustainability measures including:
1. Need Present Generation
2. Future Need
3. …