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Poor Little Rich Islands

In: A History of Natural Resources in Asia

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  • Mary Somers Heidhues

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Minerals just lie there. They are not usually in the way of agriculture, as trees may be, nor do competing demands threaten them, as is the case with land or water. Local uses for them can be small or nonexistent. They can be exhausted, but new technologies for working deposits can revive them or extend their lifespan, and new demands and higher prices can lead to reopening once-abandoned activities. Sometimes, minerals can be very important.

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  • Mary Somers Heidhues, 2007. "Poor Little Rich Islands," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Greg Bankoff & Peter Boomgaard (ed.), A History of Natural Resources in Asia, chapter 3, pages 61-79, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-60753-8_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230607538_4
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