Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines - Digging to Development Or Digging to Disaster?

Informationen zum Autor William N. Holden and R. Daniel Jacobson Klappentext This book explores how natural hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago's poor, who depend upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; List of Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter One: Mining in the Philippines; Chapter Two: Government Efforts to Encourage Mining; Chapter Three: Environmental Effects of Mining; Chapter Four: Mining amid Natural Hazards; Chapter Five: Technocratic Responses to the Risks; Chapter Six: Risk Society in the Philippines; Chapter Seven: Mining as a Flawed Development Paradigm; Chapter Eight: Is Another World Possible?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William N. Holden, William N. Jacobson Holden, Holden William N., R. Daniel Jacobson, Jacobson R. Daniel
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9781783080519
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-051-9
• Pagine: 306
• Serie: Anthem Environmental Studies
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Regional Geography