1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454661303321

Titolo

Slope stability in surface mining [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William A. Hustrulid, Michael K. McCarter, Dirk J.A. Van Zyl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Littleton, Colo., : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2001

ISBN

1-5231-3822-X

0-87335-295-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (461 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HustrulidW. A

McCarterM. K (M. Kim)

Van ZylDirk J. A

Disciplina

622/.292

Soggetti

Strip mining

Slopes (Soil mechanics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Rock slope design considerations -- section 2. Case studies in rock slope stability -- section 3. Stability of wawste rock embankments -- section 4. Tailings and heap leaching.

Sommario/riassunto

As we enter the 21st century, mines are being planned to reach depths of more than 1,100 meters, waste rock embankments have surpassed 600 meters in height, tailings dams have reached heights of 200 meters, and heap leach facilities have topped 150 meters. The push toward higher, deeper, and steeper, along with the larger and more productive equipment in use today, continues to test our tools and capabilities. Slope Stability in Surface Mining documents the progressive rise in technical understanding and sophistication in the field. Only by continuously collecting and exchanging information ca



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782259903321

Autore

Bottery Mike

Titolo

Education policy and ethics [[electronic resource] /] / Mike Bottery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2000

ISBN

9786611783815

1-281-78381-1

0-8264-1964-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

370.1

379.01

Soggetti

School management and organization

Education and state - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Educational Policies: The Global Context; 2 Educational Policies: The National Context; 3 Managerialism, Leadership and the Assault on Educational Values; 4 Uses and Abuses of Quality: The Need for a Civic Version; 5 The School Effectiveness Movement - Educational Research as an Agent of Policy Direction; 6 Education as Surveillance: The Development of Instruments of Control; 7 Fragmentation and the Loss of Meaning; 8 Getting the Balance Right: Duty as a Core Ethic in the Life of Educators; 9 Education and the Discourse of Civil Society

10 Empowering an Ecology of ChangeReferences and bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Across the world, a number of long-term trends - globalization, marketization, managerialism - are now impacting on national education policies. Here, Mike Bottery shows how, paradoxically, these forces are making education both more centralized and more fragmented. In this magisterial study of educational policy and practice, he shows the dangers this creates and, in response, how to create a more humane and democratic education system.