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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154975703321

Autore

Starke Linda

Titolo

Breaking new ground : mining, minerals and sustaintainable development / / Linda Starke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-134-89826-6

1-315-54150-5

1-134-89819-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

338.2

Soggetti

Mineral industries - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: London: Earthscan, 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Nigel Cross and Bjorn Stigson * Statement by the MMSD Assurance Group * Statement by the MMSD Sponsors Group * Executive Summary * Introduction * Part 1: A framework for change -- The Minerals Sector and Sustainable Development. Part II: Current Trends and Actors -- Producing and Selling Minerals * a Profile of the Minerals Sector * The Need for and Availability of Minerals * Case Studies on Minerals. Part III: Challenges -- Viability of the Minerals Industry * The Control, Use and Management of Land * Minerals and Economic Development * Local Communities and Mines * Mining, Minerals and the Environment * An Integrated Approach to Using Minerals * Access to Information * Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining * Roles, Responsibilities and Instruments of Change. Part IV: Responses and Recommendations -- Regional Perspectives * Agenda for Change * Appendices: Appendix. 1. The MMSD Project * Appendix 2. MMSD Consultation Activities * Acronyms and Abbreviations Bibliography * Index.