Assessing environmental fragility in a mining areafor specific spatial planning purposes

Cocheci, Radu-Matei; Ianoş, Ioan; Sârbu, Cătălin Niculae; Sørensen, Tony; Saghin, Irina; Secăreanu, George

doi:10.2478/mgr-2019-0013

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“…In parallel, the possibility of assessing the environment "fragility" of the mining zone, according to the criteria of the vulnerability of the territory [27].…”

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Northeastern part of the Bilanivske ferruginousquartzite quarry: Risks of mining allotment

Lashko¹

2021

Min. miner. depos.

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Purpose.Substantiation of the managerial decisions to minimize the risks of mining the Bilanivske ferruginous quartzite quarry on its northeastern margin. Methods. The legislative, methodological, cartographic and literary materials on the topic, as well as the area of survey have been analyzed. The necessary cartographic plotting and calculations have been performed. An abstract-logical method is used to formulate conclusions and theoretical generalizations. Findings. The ecological risks of the Bilanivske quarry northeastern margin have been substantiated: presence of uranium ore deposits and a radioactive anomaly; geochemical pollution of groundwater; a depression cone, large in area and in depth, can be formed in the region; a probability of using explosives when mining the field; use of the Bilanivske quarry eastern side for laying mine shafts and adits. The question is raised about the expected expansion of the Bilanivske quarry boundaries to the east during its mining, as well as falling into the sanitary protection zone boundaries of the northwestern residential community of the Nova Haleshchyna urban-type settlement. It is recommended, when mining the Bilanivske and Kremenchuk (Haleshchynske) iron ore deposits, to develop for them a unified draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and a unified draft of sanitary protection zone, taking into account the fact of their mutual influence on the environment. Originality.For the first time, based on a combination of geological, mining, technological and spatial factors, a site (zone) of mutual risks has been identified in the Bilanivske and Kremenchuk (Haleshchynske) iron ore deposits development. The site has an area of 165 ha, bounded by the northeastern side of the Bilanivske quarry and the southern boundary of the planned Haleshchynske mine. Practical implications.The research results can substantiate the need to resettle the residents from the northwestern residential community of the Nova Haleshchyna urban-type settlement, taking into account the Bilanivske field development by the open-pit method. In addition, they also can serve as a basis for resolving disputes between these residents and the administration of Ferrexpo Belanovo Mining LLC (Bilanivske Mining Plant).

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“…In parallel, the possibility of assessing the environment "fragility" of the mining zone, according to the criteria of the vulnerability of the territory [27].…”

Section: Review Of Recent Research and Publicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Northeastern part of the Bilanivske ferruginousquartzite quarry: Risks of mining allotment

Lashko¹

2021

Min. miner. depos.

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“…The search for the optimum size, based on testing different sizes in an iterative process, started from the idea that the analytical spatial units should be equal in size (a regular grid), and, at the same time, large enough in order to be comparable with the basic Local Administrative Units (LAU 1). Using the European territorial nomenclature, LAU 1 units are identified in Romania with the communes and municipalities [101]. Romania has 3181 LAU 1 units, which cover the national territory of 238,397 km 2 .…”

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Trends in the National and Regional Transitional Dynamics of Land Cover and Use Changes in Romania

2020

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The crucial importance of land cover and use changes, components of the ‘global changes’, for the worldwide sustainable and resilient development results from their negative influence on ecosystem services, biodiversity, and human welfare. Ongoing debates concerning whether the global drivers are more important than the local ones or which are the most prominent driving forces and effects are still ongoing at the global level. In Europe, the patterns of land cover and use changes differ between the west and the east. Property restitution was an important driver of change in Eastern Europe and especially in Romania. This study aimed to look at the land cover and use changes in Romania by their transitional dynamic using Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) data in an attempt to identify long-term spatially and temporally consistent trends. Although generally inconsistent, the results indicate that deforestation and urbanization tend to prevail over other changes, and the development of agriculture slows its pace. Such findings are consequences of unplanned development associated with little environmental awareness. The presence of hotspots where land cover and use changes seem to be clustered can be seen as a feature of ex-socialist countries undergoing economic transition.

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“…The transition away from coal has been the focus of much research and policy discussions, most of them based on the just transition framework [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Our contribution aims to add to the critical reading of the just transition.…”

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Post-Coal Fantasies: An Actor-Network Theory-Inspired Critique of Post-Coal Development Strategies in the Jiu Valley, Romania

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Alexandrescu

2022

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Romania is among the countries with a long history of coal mining, which intensified in the context of the industrialization and urbanization policies during the socialist period. During the post-socialist transition, mining units decreased considerably, with those considered economically unprofitable being restructured and eventually closed. This process, which began in the late 1990s, continues today with the increasing discussions about the transition from coal in Romania, the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the signing of the Paris Agreement, which stipulates the abandonment of coal by 2030. The Jiu Valley region is Romania’s most important mono-industrial area that developed exclusively around coal extraction. This article proposes an analysis of the social impact of reducing mining activity in this area based on actor-network theory. Recently, the discussions on the “Just Transition” in the Jiu Valley have culminated with the “Jiu Valley Economic, Social, and Environmental Development Strategy” (2021–2030) and the related Action Plan. This paper seeks to address the question: how were people “brought in” for the production of coal during socialism, how were they subsequently “pushed out”, and how challenging is it now for the Jiu Valley strategy to reassemble a network to support the post-coal transition? Our analysis helps to understand, in an innovative way, the challenges of the Jiu Valley Strategy as a mismatch between a creative and entrepreneurial city model on the one hand and the ruralized/small urban (former mono-industrial) conditions prevailing in the Jiu Valley on the other. We thus provide a critical analysis of the strategy as one that is conceptually wedded to the large urban center model and applies the just transition framework in a decontextualized way. We emphasize the role of the dismantling of coal production in the narrowing of the space of possibilities of change brought about by the just transition. Using the published literature on the Jiu Valley, we also show what broader lessons can be drawn from this case for similar transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Assessing environmental fragility in a mining areafor specific spatial planning purposes

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

Northeastern part of the Bilanivske ferruginousquartzite quarry: Risks of mining allotment

Northeastern part of the Bilanivske ferruginousquartzite quarry: Risks of mining allotment

Trends in the National and Regional Transitional Dynamics of Land Cover and Use Changes in Romania

Post-Coal Fantasies: An Actor-Network Theory-Inspired Critique of Post-Coal Development Strategies in the Jiu Valley, Romania

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