1st Edition
The Mineral Resources of Britain A Study in Exploitation and Planning
By John Blunden
Copyright 1975
574 Pages
by
Routledge
First published in 1975, The Mineral Resources of Britain relates the question of mineral extraction to the problem of planning. What demand does the extraction of minerals make on land and what threats does it pose to agriculture and the countryside? Equally, what constraints does land-use planning impose on the development of industries whose output is vital to Britain’s economy?
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1. The exploitation environment 2. Ubiquitous non-metalliferous minerals (I): The Aggregates market 3. Ubiquitous non-metalliferous minerals (II) 4. Localized non-metalliferous minerals 5. Metalliferous minerals 6. Carbon and Hydrocarbon fuels 7. Trends in the development of the extractive industries
Biography
John Blunden
Reviews of the first publication:
“…information and case histories given in this book will be valuable…”
— D. R. Bowes, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Volume 12, Issue 3
“…can be read with ease by laymen interested in a subject too often handled by journalists—and conservationists…”
— N.L. Falcon, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 142, No. 1
