Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Sustainable Development in the Non-Energy Extractive Industry

   • G. Morizot

   Pages 1-18

3. Mineral Resource Base of Georgia in the XXI Century

   • A. G. Tvalchrelidze

   Pages 19-70

4. Mineral Resources of Russia in the XXI Century

   • D. V. Rundqvist

   Pages 71-80

5. Mineral Deposits of Turkey

   • T. Engin

   Pages 81-104

6. Mineral Resource Base of Azerbaijan: A Gaze into the XXI Century

   • V. M. Baba-Zadeh, G. V. Mustafayev, V. G. Ramazanov

   Pages 105-124

7. Sustainable Development and Systems for Management of Mining Sector in Albania

   • G. Demi, G. Myftiu, G. Themeli, J. Testard

   Pages 125-140

8. Industrial Minerals and Sustainable Development in Greece

   • M. Grossou-Valta, F. Chalkiopoulou

   Pages 141-159

9. Mineral Resources in Portugal — an Overview

   • M. L. P. De Amorim Dinis, A. Botelho De Sousa

   Pages 161-166

10. Metallogenic & Environmental Information Systems: A Modern Tool for the Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources

    • D. Cassard, Y. Itard

    Pages 167-180

11. Mineral Resource Base of the Czech Republic for the XXI Century and its Management

    • P. Kavina, J. Starý, M. Vaněček

    Pages 181-189

12. Back Matter

    Pages 191-192

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The NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century” was held in Tbilisi on April 3-6, 2001. The workshop was financed by the NATO Science Programme and financially supported by the Open Society – Georgia Foundation. By the end of the XX century the new states of the Southern Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia) found themselves in the lowest phase of a severe structural crisis. Belonging to the same geopolitical space and having the common economic history during the XIX and XX centuries, these countries will be able to overcome this crisis and to integrate into the world community only step-by-step, exploiting their resource bases and developing competitive branches of industries. Moreover, in our opinion, such conception is the only alternative to the spontaneous economical chaos. Solution of this problem seems to be impossible without close international collaboration. From this point of view, the idea of regional alliances where regional actors would be linked by a general, non-contradictory macroeconomic model seems to be the only possibility for sustainable development. Creation of The Southern Caucasus Alliance (SCA) where Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey would find their place could be possible only in case if the economic reality and economic interests would weigh down nationalistic doctrines of political isolationism.

• development
• distribution
• energy
• environment
• formation
• information system
• mineral
• mineral deposits
• mineral resources
• mining
• research
• sustainable development
• economic geology

• Union ‘Georgian Resources and Sustainable Development’, Tbilisi, Georgia

  Alexander G. Tvalchrelidze

• Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France

  Georges Morizot

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