This book provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the … business risks faced by mining companies operating in the region from both academic and corporate perspectives. It focuses on … aspects of mining, mining and indigenous peoples, climate change, and impact assessment. The contributors to this volume are …

. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often …

from the Middle Ages to today. It radically rethinks previous attempts at a history of monetary institutions by avoiding …

over mutual or micro-insurance, whose long and rich history we tend to forget. Yet, mutual and micro-insurance is becoming … was organized throughout its history; who provided the coverage; and how contributions, benefit levels, and conditions …