Screen LibraryAcid Mine Drainage in South Africa : Development Actors, Policy Impacts, and Broader Implications /
This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa. It provides a background to AMD and its impactsfrom a social science perspective.The South African government and non-governmental organizations response to AMD is assessed, as well the soc...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44435-2 |
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This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa. It provides a background to AMD and its impactsfrom a social science perspective.The South African government and non-governmental organizations response to AMD is assessed, as well the socio-economic and developmental effects of AMD. This volume, which is based on the author s Master s dissertation at UNISA, involves interviews with a range of experts in the field from government departments, environmental organisations (activists), the private sector (mining), tourism sector and t |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(xii,128pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319444352 |
| Index Number: | TD419 |
| CLC: | X52 |
| Contents: | 1. Overview of AMD in South Africa -- 2. Global context of AMD -- 3. Water, Mining, and Development in South Africa -- 4. The Nature of Acid Mine Drainage in the Vaal River System -- 5. The Policy Response to Acid Mine Drainage in the Gold-Mining Sector -- 6. Socio-economic Impact of Acid Mine Drainage -- 7. AMD and a Sustainable Future for South Africa?. . |