Comparative capacity of global mining regions to transition to a post-mining future

The curse of coal or peripherality? Energy transitions and the socioeconomic transformation of Czech coal mining and post-mining regions

“…The question "why, when faced with external transformative pressures, are some regional economies able to economically and socially renew themselves, whereas others remain locked in decline" is among the key issues in the regional studies literature (Campbell and Coenen, 2017). The ability of regions to cope with shocks or significant changes has been inflected in connection with the terms adaptive capacity and resilience (Robinson and Carson, 2016;Stognief et al, 2019;Everingham et al, 2022). Whether a region is resilient refers to the distinction between the short-term capacity to absorb shocks (i.e.…”

“…The studies from Australia (as reviewed by Everingham et al, 2022) suggest that the adaptive capacity of coal mining regions is dependent on human and social capital (i.e. education level, community cohesion) as well as geographical location (remoteness) and the accessibility of infrastructure and services.…”

“…The importance of combining not only policies addressing unemployment and the attraction of new energy corporations and investments, but also measures improving infrastructure, education, research facilities and soft location factors, has been highlighted also based on the experiences from the transition of German coal mining regions (Oei et al, 2020a(Oei et al, , 2020b. Furthermore, Everingham et al (2022) emphasise that transitions resulting from sectoral change are influenced by multidimensional patterns in surrounding contexts rather than coupled dynamics or single factors. Oei et al (2020) also point out that besides the economic reorientation, the change of regional identities is the most difficult aspect of the transition of coal mining regions.…”

“…the resource curse literature), and searching for factors affecting the resilience and adaptive capacity of regional economies to transform (i.e. the transition studies) have dealt with either NUTS2 or NUTS3 regions (Alves Dias et al, 2018;Schulz and Schwartzkopff, 2018;Stognief et al, 2019;Drobniak, 2020;Esposito and Abramson, 2021;Everingham et al, 2022) or even with countries (e.g. Svobodova et al, 2020).…”

Decarbonization, population disruption and resource inventories in the global energy transition

“…However, the geography of the transition is becoming increasingly important [34][35][36] . A growing volume of research recognises spatially explicit sub-national processes critical for the switch of energy systems 37,38 . New theories are needed to inform leaders, scholars and citizens about the geographical complexity of the energy transition, specifically on how the transition unfolds across space, and where to plan and regulate the transformation.…”