Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World

Cover13; -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I The Role of Mining in Developed and Developing Economies -- The Resource Curse: A Modern Myth? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Mining -- 3 The Impact of Mineral Development -- 4 Some Examples from History -- 5 Discussion -- References -- Extractive Economies, Growth, and the Poor -- 1 The Resource Curse Conundrum -- 2 Measuring the Quality of Extractive-Economy Growth -- 3 Explaining Development Optimism and Pessimism for the Extractive Economies -- 4 Implications for Sustainability -- 5 Caveats and Areas for Further Research -- References -- The Challenge of Mineral Wealth: Using Resource Endowments to Foster Sustainable Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessing the Performance of Mineral-Dependent Economies and Developing a Toolkit to Document Systematically Positive and Negative Impacts -- 3 Testing the Toolkit -- 4 Lessons from the Research -- 5 Recommendations for Enhancing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Mineral Resource Investments -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The Role of Mining in the Economies of Developing Countries: Time for a New Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mining and Development: Theoretical Rationales -- 3 The Unanswered and Unasked Questions -- 4 Mining and Development: The Need for a New Approach -- 5 Policy Recommendations -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- A Hierarchy of Natural Resources with Respect to Sustainable DevelopmentA Basis for a Natural Resources Efficiency Indicator -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Considerations -- 3 Sustainable Development -- 4 Substitution Processes -- 5 Resource Efficiency Indicators -- 6 Final Remarks -- References -- Part II Mining and Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Energy and Mineral Resource Extraction and ConsumptionCan a Viable Biosphere Be Preserved? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions -- 3 Mineral Resource Extraction, Usage, and the Environment -- 4 The Concept of Sustainability -- 5 Energy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 6 The Unique Role of Energy in Modern Civilization -- 7 World Population and Resource Consumption -- 8 An American World of Ten Billion People -- 9 The Achievement of Mineral Resource Sustainability -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Development and MiningAn Exploratory Examination of the Roles of Government and Industry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Development and Non-Renewable Resources -- 3 Policy Options for Sustainable Development and Mining -- 4 Sustainability Measures and Industry Investment: The Bottom Line -- 5 An Empirical Model of Investor Reactions to Government Policy -- 6 Results -- 7 Discussion of Empirical Findings -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Appendix 1: Variable Definitions -- 9 Appendix 2: PPI Dataset -- 9 Appendix 3: Fraser Institute Policy Potential Index (PPI) -- References -- Natural Resource-Based Sustainable Development Using a Cluster Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Shifting Trends in the Global Economy -- 3 Examples of Natural Resource-Based Clusters -- 4 The Benefits of Clusters -- 5 The Contribution of Clusters to Sustainable Development -- 6 A Proposed Pathway for Sustainable Development -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Mining and the Environment -- Improving Environmental Performance in the Minerals Supply C.