A Characterization of Land-use Changes in the Proximity of Mining Sites in India
Shivani A. Mehta,
Ashish,
Mayur Solanki
et al.
Abstract:For a growing economy like India, most of its energy resources are obtained through extractive processes such as mining of coal and other minerals. Mining can however have many negative social and ecological impacts if it is not well regulated. Illegal mining or inadequate reclamation of abandoned mines can amplify these impacts, emphasizing the need to develop methods that can monitor changes in the land-use patterns in and around mining sites. We develop a method using machine learning on freely available sa… Show more
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