Environment & Resources

This book provides a critical appraisal of the growing phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa. The case studies illustrate that African states are also complicit in the massive land grabbing by actively participating in isolated development while excluding the local communities. The case studies reve..

This book provides a critical appraisal of the growing phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa. The case studies illustrate that African states are also complicit in the massive land grabbing by actively participating in isolated development while excluding the local communities. The case studies reve..

Food is becoming a central focus of local and regional community development efforts. The number and types of approaches being tried are varied, and this volume explores the links between these and community development process and outcomes._x000D_ This book is a compilation of articles published in..

This book, first published in 1966, reports the results of a pilot study devoted to understanding the middle-term resource situation for one metal – manganese. Two factors bring the different parts of the manganese supply-demand picture together, one economic and the other political, both of which a..

Methods of Estimating Reserves of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids, first published in 1965, aims to throw new light on a field of knowledge vital to consideration of problems of public policy regarding future sources of energy. This book will be of interest to students of environment..

Originally published in 1976, this study was undertaken to fill a gap in knowledge about non-fuel resources and the advantages and disadvantages of specific methodologies of analysing material modelling.  The results are particularly helpful in terms of forecasting, policy development and decision-m..

This book addresses the changing role of minerals in society and how mining can be made more sustainable...

Dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that pro..

This book explores the dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy resources...

This book explores the dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy resources...

This book provides the first comprehensive exploration of legal, economic, and social issues related to the emerging ocean energy industry, in particular wave and tidal energy technologies...

Offshore energy generation is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, economic and social implications of the spatial conflict this growth entails...