Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World

• 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.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Mineral resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Sustainable Development.; Mineral Resources.; Environmental Economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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?.