Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World [recurso electrónico] / edited by Jeremy Richards.

Por: Richards, Jeremy [editor.]Colaborador(es): SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: TextoTextoEditor: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010Edición: firstDescripción: XXV,506 pages with 60 illus including 6 color figures online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9783642011030Tema(s): Environmental sciences | Mines and mineral resources | Renewable energy sources | Sustainable development | Environmental economics | Environment | Sustainable Development | Mineral Resources | Environmental Economics | Renewable and Green EnergyFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 338.927 Clasificación LoC:GE195-199GE196Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTexto
Contenidos:
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?.
En: Springer eBooksResumen: 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 in respect to social and economic development, environmental impact, and human development in general.
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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?.

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 in respect to social and economic development, environmental impact, and human development in general.

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