Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines: Digging to Development or Digging to Disaster?The archipelago of the Philippines is well endowed with nonferrous mineral resources, and in recent years the Philippine government, acting under the influence of the dominant and seemingly ubiquitous neoliberal development paradigm, has liberalized its mining laws in order to accelerate economic development. Yet the Philippines is also a country highly prone to a variety of natural hazards that have the ability to interact adversely with mining’s potential for environmental degradation. Thus there are great dangers inherent in pursuing such a development paradigm: earthquakes can destabilize tailings storage facilities, typhoons can flood tailings ponds, and mine-pit dewatering can enhance the competition for groundwater resources during droughts. This study explores how these hazards amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining, and reveals the substantial threat posed to the livelihoods of the archipelago’s poor, as well as the inadequacies of the very institutions designed to protect their environment. |
Contents
Mining and Disaster_01_Intro_p001006 | 1 |
Mining and Disaster_02_Chap 01_p007034 | 7 |
Mining and Disaster_03_Chap 02_p035058 | 35 |
Mining and Disaster_04_Chap 03_p059076 | 59 |
Mining and Disaster_05_Chap 04_p077120 | 77 |
Mining and Disaster_06_Chap 05_p121162 | 121 |
Mining and Disaster_07_Chap 06_p163184 | 163 |
Mining and Disaster_08_Chap 07_p185224 | 185 |
Mining and Disaster_09_Chap 08_p225244 | 225 |
Mining and Disaster_10_Conclusion_p245250 | 245 |
Mining and Disaster_11_Biblio_p251276indd | 251 |
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Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines: Digging to ... William N. Holden,R. Daniel Jacobson No preview available - 2012 |
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