Author: Martin D. PrendergastPublisher:
ISBN: 9781779213716
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mining in Zimbabwe from the 6th to the 21st Centuries
Author: Martin D. PrendergastPublisher:
ISBN: 9781779213716
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fending for Ourselves
Author: Rory PilossofPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 1779224028
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Zimbabwe celebrated its independence just over 40 years ago. While the nation is no longer young, its population certainly is: over 60% are under the age of 35. Understanding youth perspectives and experiences is therefore vitally important. Fending for Ourselves reviews the recent histories and realities of youths in Zimbabwe, offering a distinguished range of authors exploring issues of education, employment and work, the urban experience, involvement in the informal economy, mental health, and political activity. Importantly, the collection examines successive generations of youth in Zimbabwe to show how ideas, experiences and reactions to the social, political, and economic context have shifted over time. Many of the issues affecting youth over the past 40 years have been traumatic and distressing physical and mental abuse, declining employment and educational opportunities, poverty, ill-health and loss of hope but this collection underlines the agency and resilience of Zimbabwes young people, and how they have found ways to navigate the political, social, and economic terrains they occupy.
Mining in the 21st Century
Author: World Mining CongressPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789058092731
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Author: A. PiestrzynskiPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000142639
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
The Joint 6th Biennial SGA-SEG Meeting was held in Krakow in August 2001. This volume contains 274 extended abstracts, grouped thematically under 18 session titles covering topics such as lead-zinc deposits; metamorphism affecting mineral deposits; and the environmental aspects of mining.
Mining and Structural Adjustment
Author: C. S. L. ChachagePublisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171063403
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Examines the evolution of the mining industry since the 1970s and considers how the political situation influences private and foreign investment.
Energy and Mineral Resources for the 21st Century
Author: Pei RongfuPublisher: VSP
ISBN: 9789067642644
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Evolutionary and Revolutionary Technologies for Mining
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309169836
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries of the Future Program to complement information provided to the program by the National Mining Association. Subsequently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also became a sponsor of this study, and the Statement of Task was expanded to include health and safety. The overall objectives of this study are: (a) to review available information on the U.S. mining industry; (b) to identify critical research and development needs related to the exploration, mining, and processing of coal, minerals, and metals; and (c) to examine the federal contribution to research and development in mining processes.
The Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Developing Countries
Author: G.M. HilsonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1135291217
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to examine both the positive and negative socioeconomic impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries. In recent years, a number of governments have attempted to formalize this rudimentary sector of industry, recognizing its socioeconomic importance. However, the industry continues to be plagued by
The Dragons and the Snakes
Author: David KilcullenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019026568X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book applies concepts from evolutionary science and military innovation to explore how state and nonstate adversaries of the Western powers have learned to defeat (or render irrelevant) the model of high-tech, expensive, precision warfare pioneered by the United States in 1991 and globally dominant since. The book begins with a historical overview of the period since the Cold War, framed by CIA Director James Woolsey's 1993 comment that "we have slain a large dragon" (the Soviet Union) "but now we find ourselves in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes, and in many ways the dragon was easier to keep track of." The book describes the selective pressures acting on adversaries as a result of the evolutionary fitness landscape created by western military dominance. It then explores ideas from social and evolutionary science - including social learning, natural selection, artificial selection, predator effects, and the distinction between concept-led peacetime innovation and wartime coevolution - to explain how adversaries adapt. It presents a series of case studies on nonstate actors (including Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Islamic State), Russia, and China, as well as sections on North Korea and Iran. The book concludes by considering how western powers can respond to the increasing ineffectiveness of their military model and examines likely strategic futures.
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