Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Richards, Jeremy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Edition: first.
• Subjects: 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...