Mining and natural hazard vulnerability in the Philippines : digging to development or digging to disaster? / William N. Holden and R. Daniel Jacobson.
"This book explores how natural hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago's poor, who depend upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture."--Publisher's description.
Contents
Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; List of Acronyms; Main Matter; INTRODUCTION; Phenomenon under Study: Mining amid Natural Hazards; Neoliberalism: A Controversial Paradigm; The Disciplinary Location of this Book: Geography; The Demarcation of an Important Caveat; The Outline of the Book; Chapter One MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES; The Philippines: A Developing Country in Southeast Asia; Mineral Resources of the Philippines; The History of Large-Scale Mining in the Philippines.
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