“…Housing and planning problems associated with mining have been recorded in North America (Halseth, 1999), Europe (Feagin, 1990), and Australia (Haslam McKenzie et al, 2009). Mining developments result in rapid population growth, and consequently pressure to release land for new houses and services (Haslam McKenzie, 2013), and also rapid increases in house prices and rental fees (Rolfe et al, 2007;Carrington, Hogg, and McIntosh, 2011;Grieve and Haslam McKenzie, 2011;Lawrie, Tonts, and Plummer, 2011;Akbar, Rolfe, and Kabir, 2011;Chapman, Tonts, and Plummer, 2015). The IIED (2002, p. 65) says miners 'still live in isolation in many parts of the world, or in overcrowded "boom towns" with few social and cultural opportunities'.…”