This book presents common themes and best practices for managing social, economic, and environmental risks and impacts at mines in the developed world. Although the term sustainability is often applied to efforts to address social, economic, and environmental risk and impacts, many struggle with its application to the extraction of nonrenewable resources. Obviously, a finite amount of mineral d…
This book combines a how-to text and reference tool for trainers, performance improvement professionals, and students. Managers and community leaders use it to get to the root of their learning and performance problems, make effective decisions, and obtain support for their most pressing issues. (Jml)
This book is for anyone seeking a methodical approach to needs assessment. Included are the following tools: worksheets, ready-to-use forms, and templates for planning a course of action. The accompanying disk, packed with job aids, enables you to customize materials for your own use. You'll learn how to: overcome barriers to success; prepare interviews and surveys; accelerate the data-gatherin…
Nuclear development can be defined, in a broad sense, as nuclear science and technology, which are both based on the reactions involved in radiation such as neutrons, gamma rays, and other charged particles with nuclei. The nuclear reaction is the shared basis of nuclear science and technology, and the nuclear development must be more than simply development of energy sources. On the long ter…
Distributed generation is not a new concept. Originally, all energy was produced and consumed at or near the process that required it. A fireplace, wood stove, and candle are all forms of "distributed" - small scale, demand-sited - energy. So is a pocket watch, alarm, or car battery. The key to today's energy revolution, however, involves turning the resource clock backwards (from large power p…