Name: Mining and Communities: Understanding the Context of Engineering Practice (en Inglés)
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Author: Armstrong, Rita ; Baillie, Caroline ; Cumming-Potvin, Wendy
ISBN: 9783031009860

portada Mining and Communities: Understanding the Context of Engineering Practice (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Autor

Editorial

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

126

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.5 x 19.1 x 0.8 cm

Peso

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9783031009860

N° edición

Categorías

Ingeniería: general
Ciencia, ingeniería y tecnología medioambientales
Tecnología e ingeniería minera

Mining and Communities: Understanding the Context of Engineering Practice (en Inglés)

Wendy Cumming-Potvin (Autor) · Rita Armstrong (Autor) · Caroline Baillie (Autor) · Springer · Tapa Blanda

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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 engineers to meet the challenge of extracting declining mineral resources more efficiently, with positive and equitable social impact and minimal environmental impact. Many engineering disciplines--from software to civil engineering--play a role in the life of a mine, from its inception and planning to its operation and final closure. The companies that employ these engineers are expected to uphold human rights, address community needs, and be socially responsible. While many believe it is possible for mines to make a profit and achieve these goals simultaneously, others believe that these are contradictory aims. This book narrates the social experience of mining in two very different settings--PapuaNew Guinea and Western Australia--to illustrate how political, economic, and cultural contexts can complicate the simple idea of "community engagement." Table of Contents: Preface / Mining in History / The Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea / Mining and Society in Western Australia / Acting on Knowledge / References / Author Biographies