Minerals, metals and sustainability : meeting future material needs /
Rankin, W. J.
Minerals, metals and sustainability : meeting future material needs / [by] W. J. Rankin. - [Collingwood]: CSIRO PUBLISHING, [c2011]. - xiii, 419 p. : maps, tables ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 3, 23-24, 40, 60-61, 94-95, 128-130, 152, 188, 210-211, 219-220, 244-245, 268-269, 292294, 313-314, 330-331, 363-365, 380-381, [401]) and index (p. [407]-419).
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use. It provides a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates the physical and earth sciences with the social sciences, ecology and economics.
9780643097261 9780415684590
Exploitation
Conservation of natural resources
Mines and mineral resources--Management
Mineral industries--Management
Mineral industries--Environmental aspects
Sustainability
333.85
Minerals, metals and sustainability : meeting future material needs / [by] W. J. Rankin. - [Collingwood]: CSIRO PUBLISHING, [c2011]. - xiii, 419 p. : maps, tables ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 3, 23-24, 40, 60-61, 94-95, 128-130, 152, 188, 210-211, 219-220, 244-245, 268-269, 292294, 313-314, 330-331, 363-365, 380-381, [401]) and index (p. [407]-419).
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use. It provides a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates the physical and earth sciences with the social sciences, ecology and economics.
9780643097261 9780415684590
Exploitation
Conservation of natural resources
Mines and mineral resources--Management
Mineral industries--Management
Mineral industries--Environmental aspects
Sustainability
333.85