Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines Digging to Development or Digging to Disaster? |
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| Author:
| Holden, William N.
Jacobson, R. Daniel |
| Series title: | Anthem Environmental Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85728-776-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Anthem Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.