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In the second edition Steve Kesler (University of Michigan) has been added as an author to rewrite some chapters. The motivation for this revised edition is to more intensively address economic issues that surround the exploitation of mineral resources. This emphasis gives the book a unique character. With these sections Metals and Society deals with issues that pervade much of current science reporting – the rate of exploitation of natural resources, the question of when or if these resources will be exhausted, the pollution and social disturbance that accompanies mining, the compromises and challenges that arise from the explosion of demand from China, India and other rapidly developing countries, and the moral issues that surround mining of metals in lesser developed countries for consumption in the “first-world” countries. With its dual character, the book will be useful as an introductory text for students in the earth sciences and a reference volume for students, teachers and researchers of geography, economics and the social sciences.

Environmental law. --- Geology, Economic. --- Metals. --- Geology, Economic --- Metals --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mining Engineering --- Metallic elements --- Economic geology --- Earth sciences. --- Economic geology. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Environmental policy. --- Earth Sciences. --- Economic Geology. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Chemical elements --- Ores --- Metallurgy --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Geology, economic. --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Law and legislation --- Government policy --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Management

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This book is a comprehensive overview of economic geology for the general geologist and anyone else interested in the minerals industry and the global supply of raw materials. It includes some thought-provoking statements and questions for discussion on globalisation and current practices in the minerals industry. In the second edition, all chapters have been extensively revised, and a new author has been added to increase coverage of some mineral deposits and topics. The economic issues surrounding the exploitation of mineral resources is discussed in three of the six chapters of the book. It deals with issues that are commonly addressed in current science reporting – the rate of exploitation of natural resources, the question of when or if these resources will be exhausted, the pollution and social disturbance that accompanies mining, the compromises and challenges that arise from the explosion in demand from China, India and other rapidly developing countries, and the moral issues that surround mining of metals in lesser-developed countries for consumption in the “first-world” countries. The book will be useful both as an introductory text for students in the earth sciences and a reference volume for students, teachers and researchers of geography, economics and the social sciences.

Sociology --- Rocks. Minerals --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- mineralogie --- sociologie --- economie --- geologie --- milieutechnologie

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La Polynésie française se caractérise par une immense zone économique exclusive, constituant la moitié de la zone maritime française, elle-même deuxième mondiale. Les enjeux de conservation et d’exploitation durable des océans et des ressources marines (objectif 14 de l’agenda onusien du développement durable) y sont considérables. Dans un contexte international marqué par une hausse de la demande en matières premières minérales et une « course à la mer », nouvelle frontière d’expansion territoriale, la question des ressources minérales profondes en Polynésie française suscite aujourd’hui un intérêt accru. L’État et la Polynésie française ont commandé à l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) cette expertise collégiale sur les ressources minérales marines profondes en Polynésie française. Cette expertise, réalisée par un collège d’experts pluridisciplinaire (anthropologie, biologie, droit, économie, géographie, géologie, technologie), recense les connaissances actuelles et construit un diagnostic nuancé. Elle aboutit à une série de recommandations utiles aux décideurs politiques en matière de production de connaissances, de développement de technologies et de gouvernance, contribuant ainsi à la définition d’une stratégie de développement d’une filière minière sous-marine respectueuse des enjeux sociaux et environnementaux spécifiques à la Polynésie française. French Polynesia has an enormous exclusive economic zone, half of the vast French maritime area which is the second largest in the world. Substantial issues surround the conservation of the oceans and sustainable exploitation of marine resources (Goal 14 of the UN agenda for sustainable development). In an international context marked by increased demand for mineral commodities and the ‘scramble to the sea’ that defines the new frontiers of territorial expansion, French Polynesia’s deep-sea mineral resources are attracting growing interest. The French government and French Polynesia commissioned…

Environmental studies, Geography & Development --- ressources minérales sous-marines --- ressources marines --- Polynésie française --- exploitation des ressources