Ebook: Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World
- Tags: Sustainable Development, Mineral Resources, Environmental Economics, Renewable and Green Energy
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- City: Heidelberg; New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
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.