Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa Development Actors, Policy Impacts, and Broader Implications /

This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa. It provides a background to AMD and its impactsfrom a social science perspective.The South African government and non-governmental organizations’ response to AMD is assessed, as well the so...

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Main Author: Naidoo, Suvania. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44435-2
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