Mining and natural hazard vulnerability in the Philippines
Subtitle: digging to development or digging to disaster?
By: William N. Holden and R. Daniel Jacobson
Contributors: Jacobson, R. Daniel
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857287762
Subjects: Environmental risk assessment; Mines and mineral resources; Mineral industries; Natural disasters; Mine accidents
Description: "This book explores how natural hazards in the Philippines can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago's poor, who depend upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.