Environmental Policy in Mining

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-56670-365-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 532 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management. The author takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in addressing, analyzing and working towards solutions regarding the complex challenges posed by managing the environmental impacts of mining. The issues addressed range from the ecotoxicological effects of metal residues to the land use effects of mining and from socioeconomic impacts to environmental regulation.
The goal of this book is to assist mining companies throughout the world to achieve environmental compliance and improve competitiveness in the context of growing environmental regulation and technological innovation. It is an essential book for the wide variety of professionals working on issues in mining. Like the book and the research itself, the audience is integrated and interdisciplinary including engineers, planners, ecologists, policy makers and economists.

Features

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warhurst, Alyson

Noronha, Maria Ligia

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Luftreinhaltung
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Bergbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview
The Mining and Environment Research Network - Aims and Scope of the Project
Integrated Environmental Management and Planning For Closure: The Challenges
Key Issues
Mining and Mineral Processing: An Overview of the Technologies and Their Environmental Impacts
Ecotoxicological Impacts of the Extractive Industries
Socio-Economic Impacts
Planning for Closure: Best Practice in Ecological Management I n Mining Effective Environmental Impact Assessment
Prediction, and and

An interdisciplinary approach to mining issues and solutions.
Planning For Closure: Best Practice in Managing Environmental Impacts From Mining is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management. The author takes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in addressing, analyzing and working towards solutions regarding the complex challenges posed by managing the environmental impacts of mining. The issues addressed range from the ecotoxicological effects of metal residues to the land use effects of mining and from socioeconomic impacts to environmental regulation.
The goal of this book is to assist mining companies throughout the world to achieve environmental compliance and improve competitiveness in the context of growing environmental regulation and technological innovation. It is an essential book for the wide variety of professionals working on issues in mining. Like the book and the research itself, the audience is integrated and interdisciplinary including engineers, planners, ecologists, policy makers and economists.

Über Autor(innen)

Warhurst\, Alyson; Noronha\, Maria Ligia