part Section I: Processes and Organizational Designs Underpinning Innovation in the Resources Sector -- chapter 1 Understanding the Innovation Ecosystem in Mining and What the Digital Revolution Means for It / John Steen -- chapter 2 Mining Innovation: Barriers and Imperatives / Kane Usher -- chapter 3 How Innovation and Research and Development Happen in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry: Insights from a Global Survey / Robert K. Perrons -- chapter 4 Vignette: Technological Innovation in Mexico's Hydrocarbon Sector / Victor Gerardo Ortiz Gallardo -- chapter 5 Vignette: Innovation in Australia's Extractive Industries-Current Context and Future Requirements / Miranda Taylor -- chapter 6 Vignette: The Need for Innovation in Mining and Potential Areas for Adopting New Technologies. John McGagh -- part Section II: Advances in Mining, Oil, and Gas Technologies -- chapter 7 Digital Mining: Past, Present, and Future / Jonathon C. Ralston, Craig A.R. James, and David W. Hainsworth -- chapter 8 An Optimized Command System for Full Automation of Digitally Controlled Mine and Gas Train Plants and Sites / Brian J. Evans -- chapter 9 The Case for "n << all": Why the Big Data Revolution Will Probably Happen Differently in the Mining Sector / Robert K. Perrons -- chapter 10 Advancement in Digital Oil Field Technology: Maximizing Production and Improving Operational Efficiency through Data-Driven Technologies / Richard Mohan David -- chapter 11 A Statistical Framework for Data-Driven Assessment of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources / Justin Montgomery and Francis O'Sullivan -- chapter 12 Application of Advanced Data Analytics to Improve Haul Trucks Energy Efficiency in Surface Mines / Ali Soofastaei -- chapter 13 Augmented Reality in Geological Modeling: Development and Use of the Leapfrog Aspect Viewer / P.J. Hollenbeck -- chapter 14 Streamlining and Standardizing Data Use in the Extractive Industries. Energistics Consortium -- chapter 15 Vignette: Innovations in Deep Seabed Mining / Lindsey Harris -- chapter 16 Extracting Off-Earth Resources / Serkan Saydam -- part Section III: Social Responsibility and Environmental Stewardship -- chapter 17 Vignette: Land Access and Social Consensus / Sharon Flynn -- chapter 18 Leveraging Social Investment / John D. Moore, Andry Nowosiwsky, Valentina Kaman, and Gary Krieger -- chapter 19 Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in the Papua New Guinea Resource Regions / Tim A. Grice -- chapter 20 Vignette: Local Level Agreement Making in the Extractive Industries-A Viewpoint on Context, Content, and Continuing Evolution / Bruce Harvey -- chapter 21 Social Incident Investigation in Mining: Thinking Outside the Fence / Deanna Kemp -- chapter 22 Social Media and Community Relations: Five Key Challenges and Opportunities for Future Practice / Colette Einfeld -- chapter 23 Phytomining: Using Plants to Extract Valuable Metals from Mineralized Wastes and Uneconomic Resources / Philip N. Nkrumah, Guillaume Echevarria, Peter D. Erskine, and Anthony van der Ent -- chapter 24 Vignette: The Eden Project-Innovative Restoration of a Mine Site for Tourism / Saleem H. Ali -- chapter 25 The Frugal Rehabilitation Methodology for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Mongolia: An Innovative Approach to Formalization and Environmental Governance with Potential for International Adaptation through the BEST-ASM Initiative.

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