"While much of the current research on the extractive industries and their socio-environmental impacts is region specific, Resource Extraction, Space and Resilience: International Perspectives critically explores the current state of the extractive industries sector from a uniquely global...

"The book provides a systematic assessment of how the mining and materials sector contributes to the 17 sustainable development goals set forth by the UN in 2015. The target date of 2030 for reaching these goals is considered as a benchmark but the book looks beyond considering a longer-term...

"Today international commodity markets are being affected by the longest and most pervasive 'wave' of export restrictions on raw materials since the Second World War. The origin of this phenomenon can be traced back to the 2000s commodities boom , and its endurance to an exceptional mix of...