“Managing environmental risk in the mining industry to sustain development”

[Dissertation Outline]

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CONTENTS

Dissertation Plan3

Dissertation Outline3

Interview Questionnaire5

Interview Design and Plan7

Field visits8

Recording and transcribing of interviews9

Survey Questionnaire10

Survey Design and Plan13

Interpreting the survey responses14

Dissertation Plan

The dissertation plan will elucidate the comprehensive structure of the dissertation, the research plan and the significance and purpose of the dissertation. However, the major objective of this plan is to explain the practical goals of the dissertation, and to facilitate the completion of the entire dissertation. Thus, the plan will clarify the outline of dissertation, conceptual framework and research implementation plan (interviews and survey plan).

Dissertation Outline

To have a better understanding of the structure of the research and for the facilitation of the readers to have a clear understanding of the remaining research, the outline of the proposed research is as follows:

Chapter 01: helps in providing a precise introduction to the chapter, background of the research and the problem statement to be addressed by the researcher, so that the readers may have an indication of the entire theme of the research. The chapter further provides the research questions, aims, objectives and feasibility for the proposed research.

Chapter 02: Next, this chapter supports in building upon a thorough and comprehensive literature review by searching the vibrant highlights of the prior theories that are applicable and meticulously related to the research topic. On the other hand, it also offers a wide-ranging description, discussion and critical review for the existing research on managing environmental risk in the mining industry in order to sustain development.

Chapter 03: surveys and analyses the methodology to be commenced in the research, plan and structure of the research, and the entire approach for gathering data and its analysis technique. Finally, it also discusses the ethical considerations for the existing issue.

Chapter 04: attempts to present an integrated analysis and discussion of the reviewed literature and the findings of the interviews and survey research.

Chapter 05: proposes the consequences and inferences of the research along with the recommendations, implications and propositions for further research around the issue.

Interview Questionnaire

Participant Profile

Which sector do you currently work in?

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What is your role in your organization?

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How long have you been working in the Australian mining industry?

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Research objective 1

What are the environmental issues related to mining in your project?

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What are your company's plan to prevent environmental risks associated with health and safety?

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Do you think that the Australian mining industry requires environmental management with respect to health and safety issues? Please explain your answer.

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What are your views regarding the current legislations to manage and control environmental effects of the mining industry?

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Research Objective 2

How would you define the environmental risks associated with development in Australian mining industry?

Risk much

Risk less

Risk same

not sure



What do you think are the important factors to contemplate while considering the impact of environmental issues in the mining industry?

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What is the impact of environmental risks in development?

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Research Objective 3

What could be the various approaches to achieve sustainability in managing the environmental risks associated with the mining industry? Please share some examples.

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How could the environmental risks ...