Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contextspresents the application of the current concept of sustainability to the management of natural resources, such as water, land, minerals and metals using theoretical field knowledge and illustrative real-world examples. Initially, the book define...
Specifically, this book collects, from the theoretical field as well as illustrative examples, the application of the current concept of sustainability to the management of natural resources, both renewable and nonrenewable, such as water, land, minerals, and metals. Productive ecosystems such as ...
Based on these considerations, the authors propose a hierarchy of practices for the management of mining waste. This hierarchy, which makes resource recovery a key criterion, could significantly increase the sustainability credentials of a mine site, notably by: mitigating mining legacies (and ...
Examples would be soil erosion, inflation, deforestation, AIDS, and urban decay. These may be contrasted with the so-called global problems which are also observed in most regions of the world but which require concerted, international action for their solution. Marine pollution, the arms race, ...
Support services for SLM activities will have to include monitoring and impact assessment, experimentation with innovative ideas, resource assessment, information, and training. Examples from different parts of the globe have shown that the proposed tools are now receiving greater attention and may ...
Additional information This article is part of the special issue on Sustainable Resource Management: Water Practice Issues. Rights and permissions Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...
Examples of environmentally friendly transport Sustainable means of transport are known to be characterised by either low or zero emissions, but sustainable mobility concepts go one step further. Ultimately, the aim is to re-organise the traffic of a major city or metropolitan region so that the ...
These are just a few examples of how digital technology can contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable world. Security and trustworthiness: Fostering a better life for all in the future digital world by offering secure and trustworthy products, solutions, and services ...
ML Ereen,B Adele,CT Botha - 《Sa Journal of Human Resource Management》 被引量: 23发表: 2013年 Modelling the economic returns to labour for Jatropha cultivation in southern Africa and India at different local fuel prices Jatropha curcas L. (Jatropha) has emerged as a biodiesel crop of great...
As one of the most important life-sustaining resources, groundwater has been an ever-declining resource. However, its recharge rate has fallen significantly over the last four to five decades due to anthropogenic activities and skewed development patterns. For the sustainable development of a specific...