Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World (eBook)

Jeremy Richards (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2010
XXV, 506 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-01103-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Acknowledgments 14
Contents 15
Contributors 17
Introduction 19
The Role of Mining in Developed and Developing Economies 24
The Resource Curse: A Modern Myth? 25
Extractive Economies, Growth, and the Poor 59
The Challenge of Mineral Wealth: Using Resource Endowments to Foster Sustainable Development 83
The Role of Mining in the Economies of Developing Countries: Time for a New Approach 97
A Hierarchy of Natural Resources with Respect to Sustainable Development—A Basis for a Natural Resources Efficiency Indicator 113
Mining and Sustainable Development 144
Sustainable Energy and Mineral Resource Extraction and Consumption—Can a Viable Biosphere Be Preserved? 145
Sustainable Development and Mining—An Exploratory Examination of the Roles of Government and Industry 170
Natural Resource-Based Sustainable Development Using a Cluster Approach 202
Mining and the Environment 221
Improving Environmental Performance in the Minerals Supply Chain Using a Life-Cycle Approach: The Role of Fuel and Lubricant Suppliers in Enabling Sustainable Development 222
Global Trends in Mine Reclamation and Closure Regulation 268
Environmental Liability in the Mining Sector: Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 306
Mining and Societal Issues 335
Applications of Stakeholder Engagement and Eco-Efficiency as Enablers of Corporate Responsibility in the Australian Mining and Minerals Processing Industry 336
Socio-Economic Impacts of the Nanisivik and Polaris Mines, Nunavut, Canada 386
Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Mining: Case Study of the Landau Colliery, South Africa 412
Public Policy Processes and Sustainability in the Minerals and Energy Industries 452
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Panacea or White Elephant for Sub-Saharan Africa? 483
Index 506

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XXV, 506 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Developing Countries • developing economies • Development • Economic Development • Environment • Human Rights • Mineral Resources • Mining • sustainability • sustainable development
• ISBN-10: 3-642-01103-9 / 3642011039
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-01103-0 / 9783642011030