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100 1 _aRichards, Jeremy.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aMining, Society, and a Sustainable World
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Jeremy Richards.
250 _afirst.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2010.
300 _aXXV,506 pages with 60 illus including 6 color figures
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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505 0 _aThe 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?.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences.
650 0 _aMines and mineral resources.
650 0 _aRenewable energy sources.
650 0 _aSustainable development.
650 0 _aEnvironmental economics.
650 1 4 _aEnvironment.
650 2 4 _aSustainable Development.
650 2 4 _aMineral Resources.
650 2 4 _aEnvironmental Economics.
650 2 4 _aRenewable and Green Energy.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01103-0
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