Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World

This is the first book of peer-reviewed, edited papers that examines the broad subject of the minerals industry in relation to sustainable development. The book takes a proactive, positivist, and solution-oriented approach, while not shying away from identifying the real problems that mining raises...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Richards, Jeremy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
Έκδοση:first.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a The Role of Mining in Developed and Developing Economies -- The Resource Curse: A Modern Myth? -- Extractive Economies, Growth, and the Poor -- The Challenge of Mineral Wealth: Using Resource Endowments to Foster Sustainable Development -- The Role of Mining in the Economies of Developing Countries: Time for a New Approach -- A Hierarchy of Natural Resources with Respect to Sustainable Development—A Basis for a Natural Resources Efficiency Indicator -- Mining and Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Energy and Mineral Resource Extraction and Consumption—Can a Viable Biosphere Be Preserved? -- Sustainable Development and Mining—An Exploratory Examination of the Roles of Government and Industry -- Natural Resource-Based Sustainable Development Using a Cluster Approach -- Mining and the Environment -- Improving Environmental Performance in the Minerals Supply Chain Using a Life-Cycle Approach: The Role of Fuel and Lubricant Suppliers in Enabling Sustainable Development -- Global Trends in Mine Reclamation and Closure Regulation -- Environmental Liability in the Mining Sector: Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Mining and Societal Issues -- Applications of Stakeholder Engagement and Eco-Efficiency as Enablers of Corporate Responsibility in the Australian Mining and Minerals Processing Industry -- Socio-Economic Impacts of the Nanisivik and Polaris Mines, Nunavut, Canada -- Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Mining: Case Study of the Landau Colliery, South Africa -- Public Policy Processes and Sustainability in the Minerals and Energy Industries -- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Panacea or White Elephant for Sub-Saharan Africa?. 
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