书目名称 | Non-Renewable Resource Issues |
副标题 | Geoscientific and So |
编辑 | Richard Sinding-Larsen,Friedrich-W. Wellmer |
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概述 | The book provides guidelines on how to ascertain whether resource scarcity or abundance poses a threat to sustainable development.It discusses how our improved knowledge of valuable geological resourc |
丛书名称 | International Year of Planet Earth |
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描述 | .All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern society is increasingly dependent on mineral and fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, cost of production, and geographical distribution. Even if solid fuels, fossil energy resources and mineral commodities are non-renewable, the extracted metals can to a large extent be recycled and used again and again. Although the stock of these secondary resources and their use increases, the world still needs and will continue to need primary mineral resources for the foreseeable future. .Growing demands have begun to restrict availability of these resources. The Earth is not running out of critical mineral resources – at least for the near future – but the ability to explore and extract these resources is being restricted in many regions by competing land use, as well as political and environmental issues. .Extraction of natural resources requires a clear focus on sustainable development, involving economic, environmental and socio-cultural aspects. Although we do not know what the most important resources will be in 100 years from now, we can be quite certain that society will sti |
出版日期 | Book 2012 |
关键词 | IYPE; metal mining; mineral resources; non-renewable; rear earth elements |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8679-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0499-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-90-481-8679-2 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 |