Rocks and hard places : the globalization of mining /
The world of international mining is changing rapidly. Mining corporations are encroaching on more and more greenfield sites in Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America, to serve ever-expanding global industries. Moody shows that large-scale mining imposes a heavy toll on local communities, on the...
| Основен автор: | Moody, Roger. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Black Point, N.S. : Bangalore, India : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Cape Town, South Africa : London ; New York : New York :
Fernwood Pub. ; Books for Change ; SIRD ; David Philip ; Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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Global issues series (Zed Books)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=263860 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rocks and hard places. |
| Резюме: |
The world of international mining is changing rapidly. Mining corporations are encroaching on more and more greenfield sites in Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America, to serve ever-expanding global industries. Moody shows that large-scale mining imposes a heavy toll on local communities, on their fragile economies and ways of life, as well as the environment. He challenges the mining corporations' recent public relations offensive extolling the virtues of large-scale mining and its alleged compatibility with sustainable development, and reveals the unprecedented wave of community and trad. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 213 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781848131682 1848131682 |