Sustainable development is a means of meeting present needs in ways that do not impair future generations and other species from meeting their needs. This textbook helps students to understand environmental protection and social harmony, as well as evaluate economic sustainability, ecological sustainability, and human and social sustainability. This book focuses on the sources of environmental problems, sustainable development theory, sustainable recourses utilization, mineral recourses exploiting, green mines, mining environmental protection, and cases of environmental protection and sustainable development concepts in engineering practice.
The book can be used as a textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates in environmental science, environmental engineering, civil engineering and other related majors, and can also be used as a reference for personnel in the ecology and environment fields.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Environment
1．2 Environmental problems
1．3 Environmental issues of the mines
Exercise
Chapter 2 Sustainable Development
2．1 Definition and connotation of sustainable development
2．2 Implementation of sustainable development strategy in China
Exercise
Chapter 3 Recourses Utilization and Sustainability
3．1 Sustainable utilization of natural resources
3．2 Overview of China's natural resources
3．3 Water resource
3．4 Land resources
3．5 Biological resources
3．6 Energy resources
3．7 Mineral resources
Exercise
Chapter 4 Mineral Recourses Exploiting and Green Mines
4．1 Regulations for exploiting and mining in China
4．2 Constructions of green mines
4．3 Indicator system for the green mines
4．4 Assessing the construction of green mines
Exercise
Chapter 5 Mining Environmental Protection and Sustainability
5．1 Land reclamation
5．2 Environment management of mines
5．3 Ecological remediation of mining areas
Exercise
Chapter 6 Practices of Green Mines
6．1 Green mines in Baiyun Obo West Mine
6．2 Green mines in Zhangdou Mining Area
6．3 Green mines in Yadian Coal Mine
6．4 Green mines in Tangshan Mine
6．5 Green mines in Dongpang Mine of Jizhong Energy Group
6．6 Green mines in Wuhai Baogang Mining Company
Exercise
Chapter 7 Case Studies
7．1 Pollution adjudication and mining in the Philippines
7．2 Breaking down driving factors using LMDI decomposition analysis
Exercise
Main References
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