Chinese mining cities face complex challenges of economic transformation. We conduct a
bibliometric analysis of international and Chinese literature of mining cities, and trace the …

Criticality and supply risk models seek to address concerns of potential disruption to global
metal supply. These models need to incorporate disruption events that arise from within the …

Metabolisms of energy in society and space are predicated upon human labour, in ways that
are often poorly recognized in relation to the global climate challenge. I synthesize and …

Every country seeks to assure development that satisfies the requirements of the current
generation without jeopardising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been adopted by countries and
corporates across the world, including the major mining companies. This study contributes to …

South Africa's mining towns were established by mining companies mostly after World War
II. The workforce lived in company-owned or privately-owned houses, or high-density …

The international literature links mining booms with social disruption. The rapid economic
and population growth that mining brings increases urban crime and social problems. But …

The mining sector's share in South Africa's economy has declined over the past 30 years, as
has employment on the gold mines. Yet many new mining areas have developed. Mining …

Transformation to sustainability is a worldwide problem to the resource-based cities whose
development depends primarily on the exploitation and primary processing of natural …

This book investigates the relationship between mining, mine closure and housing policy in
post-apartheid South Africa, using concepts from new institutional economics and …