William N. Holden, R. Daniel Jacobson

Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines (eBook, PDF)

Digging to Development or Digging to Disaster?

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Produktbeschreibung

The archipelago of the Philippines is well endowed in nonferrous mineral resources such as copper, gold, lead, silver, nickel, and zinc. In recent years, the government of the Philippines, acting under the influence of the dominant and seemingly ubiquitous neoliberal development paradigm, has liberalized its mining laws to encourage the extraction of minerals by foreign corporations in order to accelerate the development of the economy. The Philippines is also a nation highly prone to a variety of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and El Niñoinduced droughts.

Nonferrous metals mining is an activity with a substantial potential for environmental degradation, and these various natural hazards have a high potential to adversely interact with mining's potential for environmental degradation. Earthquakes can destabilize tailings storage facilities, typhoons can flood tailings ponds, and mine-pit dewatering can enhance the competition for groundwater resources during droughts. This study show how natural hazards can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago's poor, who are dependent upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843313960
• Artikelnr.: 49420258

Autorenporträt

William N. Holden is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and an inactive member of the Law Society of Alberta.

R. Daniel Jacobson is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a Switzer Research Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Tables and Figures
List of Acronyms
Introduction
Chapter One: Mining in the Philippines
Chapter Two: Government Efforts to Encourage Mining
Chapter Three: Environmental Effects of Mining
Chapter Four: Mining amid Natural Hazards
Chapter Five: Technocratic Responses to the Risks
Chapter Six: Risk Society in the Philippines
Chapter Seven: Mining as a Flawed Development Paradigm
Chapter Eight: Is Another World Possible?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index