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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"mining towns"”.
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Green trails as catalyst: revitalization of six post-mining towns in Illinois
… to illustrate a strategy for revitalizing post-mining towns for their important history and culture. Since being surrounded with features from the past is considered an excellent way to learn about the environment and history (Lynch 1972, 53), this thesis proposes to generate green trails to …
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Cultural Landscape Development and Tourism in Historic Mining Towns of the Western United States
… development of the cultural landscape of western mining towns following the transition from an economy based on mining to one based on tourism. The primary case studies are Bodie, California, Virginia City, Nevada, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Each one is an example of highly successful tourism …
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A critical review of the housing policy and the State's intervention in mining towns in South Africa
… there has been increasing government interest in mining towns. This interest was occasioned by the Marikana shooting. This interest, led by the presidency through Inter-ministerial Committee on the Revitalisation of Distressed Mining Towns and Communities has had impact on human settlements. This …
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Making meaning in a modern world: place and identity in Leadville, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado is one of many former mining towns significant to not only the state of Colorado, but also to the history of the West as a whole. Part of the larger history of the extractive industries on which the Western United States was founded, mining towns like Leadville provide a …
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Indian Uprisings in Humboldt County, Nevada 1861-1863
… but of the early days of two of the major mining towns in the Humboldt range of Nevada--namely, Unionville and Star City--and their close connection and dependency upon the towns were founded in 1861, but there was no newspaper for the for the area until the publication of the first issue …
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Diamonds as Development: Suffering for Opportunity in the Canadian North
Despite the repeated collapse of mining towns and sites in the Great Slave Lake region, most residents embrace new resource projects as possibilities for creating viable futures. Situated at the intersection of socio-cultural and linguistic anthropology, this ethnographic investigation of the …
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Boomtown wives: a novel and, The stage and backdrop: essay on the history of the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe region, A great madness: essay on the social effects of WA's 21st century resources boom
… These works are about the Western Australian mining boom generally and the remote seaside town of Hopetotm in particular: my thesis explores how overseas demand for Australian commodities shapes the lives of a boomtown's residents. While this is a story with its micro focus on the personal, …
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Mining, dependence, and post-independence urbanisation in Botswana : sustainable development?
… of exports and government development revenues. Mining has not only been responsible for boosting export earnings, but has also stimulated most recent urbanisation, resulting in the some of the highest urban growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The problem of urban in-migration has been compounded …
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Negotiated ecologies: Indigeneity and ecocriticism in 19th century Bolivia and Chile
… an intensification of resource extraction in the mining industry occurred, all of which further distanced Andean peoples from the environment and the other species which also inhabit its various ecological niches. However, these changes should not be thought of as totalizing or all-encompassing. …
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Carbonado: The History of a Coal Mining Town in the Foothills of Mount Rainier, 1880-1937
<p>The history of the coal mining town of Carbonado, Washington was studied. Starting from a brief description of the formation and discovery of coal in Western Washington, the fifty-seven year history of active coal mining was covered in this project. Topics included town leadership, coal mining …
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The impact of coal mining on the environment and community quality of life: a case study investigation of the impacts and conflicts associated with coal mining in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
… the impacts and conflicts associated with coal mining, with continuing claims by communities and civil society of associated health issues, cattle and livestock death, and destruction of livelihoods. However, to date, little attempt appears to have been made to support community concerns and …
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From Source to Surveillance: An Assessment of Liquid Elemental Mercury Mobilization in Soil, Downstream Reactivity, and Biomarkers of Exposure
… current use of Hg0L in various industrial and mining practices. Many former Hg processing sites, such as chlor alkali plants, contain Hg-contaminated soils. Today, however, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the primary utilizer of Hg0L. This largely unregulated, rudimentary mining …