Mining and sustainable development: current issues
Mining is a transformative activity which has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and adverse, enhancing as well as disrupting economies, ecosystems and communities. The extractive industries have been criticised heavily for their adverse impacts and involvement in significant social and environmental scandals. More recently, these industries have sought to respond to negative perceptions and have embraced the core principles of sustainability…
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- Full title :Mining and sustainable development : current issues / edited by Sumit K. Lodhia.
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Mining is a transformative activity which has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and adverse, enhancing as well as disrupting economies, ecosystems and communities. The extractive industries have been criticised heavily for their adverse impacts and involvement in significant social and environmental scandals. More recently, these industries have sought to respond to negative perceptions and have embraced the core principles of sustainability. This sector could be regarded as a leader in sustainability initiatives, evident from the various developments and frameworks in mining and sustainability that have emerged over time. This book reviews current topical issues in mining and sustainable development. It addresses the changing role of minerals in society, the social acceptance of mining, due diligence in the mining industry, critical and contemporary debates such as mining and indigenous peoples and transit worker accommodation, corporate sustainability matters such as sustainability reporting and taxation, and sustainability solutions through an emphasis on renewable energy and shared-used infrastructure. Written by experts from Australia, Europe and North America, but including examples from both developed and developing countries, the chapters provide a contemporary understanding of sustainability opportunities and challenges in the mining industry. The book will be of interest to practitioners, government and civil society as well as scholars and students with interests in mining and sustainable development.
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- Publication Date:2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:9781315121390, 1315121395, 9781351355568, 1351355562, 9781351355544, 1351355546, 9781351355551, 1351355554
- oclc:on1019742409
- LC Classification:HD9506.A2
- Dewey Decimal:333.8/16
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