Mining and communities : understanding the context of engineering practice /

Mining has been entangled with the development of communities in all continents since the beginning of large-scale resource extraction. It has brought great wealth and prosperity, as well as great misery and environmental destruction. Today, there is a greater awareness of the urgent need for engine...

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Main Authors: Armstrong, Rita (Author), Baillie, Caroline (Author), Cumming-Potvin, Wendy, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2014]
Series:Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ; #21.
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