Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Questioning Fluidity -- 2. Insights from Empirical Research -- 3. Re-thinking Spatial Mobility -- 4. Mobile, therefore Free? -- 5. The Use of Speed Potentials -- 6. What Inequalities? -- 7....

For centuries, communities have been founded or shaped based upon their access to natural resources and today, in our globalizing world, major natural resource developments are spreading to more remote areas. Mining operations are a good example: they have a profound impact on local communities...