JAMAICA'S BAUXITE AND ALUMINA INDUSTRIES1
| Autor: | B. S. Young |
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| Rok vydání: | 1965 |
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| Zdroj: | Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 55:449-464 |
| ISSN: | 1467-8306 0004-5608 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1965.tb00528.x |
| Popis: | In 1952 the first shipload of bauxite left Jamaica for foreign markets, and two years later the export of alumina began, to introduce a new element into Jamaican economy. The constructive impact of the industries that grew from these beginnings has been felt not only in the mining areas but also throughout the economy and in town and countryside. Some aspects of that impact can be measured in increased educational facilities and in improved public health services supported by government revenues derived from bauxite mining, and in the beginnings of improved agriculture on lands rehabilitated to cropping after termination of bauxite removal but, so far, the number of tenants on lands purchased by two of the companies for mining actually has increased after acquisition. In other spheres it is not yet possible to isolate the repercussions of mining from those associated with other developments. A comprehensive view should be taken of the impact of mining as a rapidly expanding growth sector in Jamai... |
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