Paths of urban planning in a post-mining area. A case study of a former sandpit in southern Poland

Krzysztofik, Robert; Dulias, Renata; Kantor‐Pietraga, Iwona; Spórna, Tomasz; Dragan, Weronika

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104801

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“…The ecosystem functioning lasted in this form until the early 1990s. Since that time, due to urban shrinkage, human pressure has been lowered in this area [ 13 , 75 ]. Additionally, the mine liquidation and trade development in all neighboring districts caused the disappearance of pedestrian traffic on the paths.…”

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“…On degraded, former industrial areas that remain untouched for many years without any development or remediation, a process of successive vegetation occurs [ 13 ]. This process of vegetation succession in former industrial wastelands has become a subject of research by environmental scientists around the world [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ].…”

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Vegetation- and Environmental Changes on Non-Reclaimed Spoil Heaps in Southern Poland

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Krzysztofik

Środek

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Biology

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The study focused on the changes in vegetation and soils on an undeveloped area of coal mine spoil heaps. The process of vegetation changes was evaluated on the basis of historical cartographic materials and fieldwork. Changes of vegetation in nearly 200 years are presented herein. The main purpose of this study is to present an analysis of spatio-temporal changes in vegetation and their influence on soil features. The diversity of ecological species in terms of habitat requirements, tendency of hornbeam communities formation, and the relationship between forest communities and soil features was found. The basic soil properties were examined under selected plant communities (pH, Corg, Nt), available forms of elements (P, K, Mg), and as plant nutrients and heavy metal occurrence (Fe, Zn, Mn, Co, Cd, Pb, Sr, Cr, Cu). The soil organic carbon (Corg) content varied from 3.17 ± 0.007% to 17.7 ± 0.21% and significant differences were observed between sites. The highest total nitrogen (Nt) content was recorded in the soils of the sites that were represented by Populus-Betula stands (0.60 ± 0.01%). Soil acidity (pH) varied greatly, ranging from acidic (pH = 4.1) to weakly acidic (pH = 5.9). The highest value for Mgavail (205.43 ± 0.5 mg·kg−1) was noted in the soils under Calamagrostis epegijos (L.) Roth community and for Pavail (184.07 ± 3.77) and Kavail (346.19 ± 2.92 mg·kg−1) under the Quercus-Pinus stand. On all sites, Zn was a dominant element and its concentration ranged from 526.1 to 1060.4 mg·kg−1. Obtained results show how important it is to study the issue of vegetation changes and the formation of the landscape within an industrial city. The described results are important for the management of urban greening issues. Human influence on the disintegration and development of the natural environment is clearly visible. Due to the diversity of former mining areas and their time of creation, the studied area is one of the most important experimental areas for the determination link between vegetation and soil.

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Vegetation- and Environmental Changes on Non-Reclaimed Spoil Heaps in Southern Poland

Rahmonov

Krzysztofik

Środek

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Biology

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“…Today, in this area, many industrial remnants, mostly coal dumps, can be found [4]. Industry development has contributed to the population's growth and the formation of the largest agglomeration in Poland and one of the largest in Europethe Katowice urban area [5]. Due to many inhabitants, Silesia Upland's area underwent transformations linked to intense human activity, such as landfills, parks, or agricultural areas [6].…”

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The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

Środek

Rahmonov

2021

Forests

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The black locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. is a common species that originated from North America. In Europe, it is an invasive and introduced plant. Due to its low habitat requirements and ecological plasticity, this species colonizes new anthropogenically transformed areas quickly. This study investigated the chemical composition of selected tissues of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in five various habitats with different levels of anthropopression conditions in southern Poland. The presented research aimed to compare the chemical composition of black locust parts tissues (leaves, branches, and seeds) and the soil under its canopy. To determine the heavy metal contamination and enrichment in soil, the geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, contamination factor, pollution load index, and potential ecological risk index were calculated. The results showed that all examined soils are considerably or very highly contaminated and the main heavy metals, which pollute the studied samples, are cadmium (1.3–3.91 ppm), lead (78.17–157.99 ppm), and zinc (129.77–543.97 ppm). Conducted research indicates that R. pseudoacacia leaves are the primary carrier of potentially toxic elements. Due to low bioaccumulation factor (BAF) values, it is clear that black locusts do not accumulate contaminants in such amounts that it would pose risk to its use in degraded area reclamation. The obtained results showed that R. pseudoacacia is able to grow in a wide range of habitats and could be applied for greening urban habitats and disturbed ecosystems caused by industry.

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“…This issue is important because urban policy errors made by city authorities, failure to implement development plans or excessive flexibility in this respect may be much more dangerous in shrinking cities than in cities demonstrating population growth (Kantor-Pietraga et al, 2014). On the other hand, as other studies show, the attribute of flexibility of urban policy may prove to be (after some time) ultimately more beneficial than solutions adopted many years earlier that do not reflect the changing economic, social or spatial circumstances (Krzysztofik et al, 2020). This study includes current scientific achievements and existing research discourses at the intersection of issues related to urban policy, depopulation and urban shrinkage.…”

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Does urban shrinkage require urban policy? The case of a post-industrial region in Poland

Runge

Kantor‐Pietraga

et al. 2020

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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The problem of depopulation in towns is present in most European countries. In Central and Eastern Europe it emerged primarily after the political transformation at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. Despite the often-significant demographic decline, the problem did not immediately become part of agenda-setting in towns' local strategies. This paper discusses the above topics, focusing on the principal reasons for trivialization of depopulation in local policies of towns in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. In the discussion an emphasis is placed on the fact that in this region the issue of depopulation and urban shrinkage 'vied' with another consequence of transformation: unemployment. Because the Silesian Voivodeship is one of the largest regional labour markets in Europe, the confrontation of the two phenomena in local and regional policy took an original course characterized by phenomena such as policy taboo, trivialization, informal agenda-setting and mismatch strategies. The paper shows that while all the mentioned attributes of urban policy with respect to depopulation may be regarded as negative, considering the gigantic scale of the unemployment and depopulation phenomena and lack of experience in urban governance, they were a 'natural' reaction of the local authorities to the accumulated problems. It also indicates that in the studied region issues such as strongly marked morphological polycentricity and its (post)mining and (post)industrial nature were also not without significance.

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Paths of urban planning in a post-mining area. A case study of a former sandpit in southern Poland

Cited by 27 publications

References 67 publications

Vegetation- and Environmental Changes on Non-Reclaimed Spoil Heaps in Southern Poland

Vegetation- and Environmental Changes on Non-Reclaimed Spoil Heaps in Southern Poland

The Properties of Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. to Selectively Accumulate Chemical Elements from Soils of Ecologically Transformed Areas

Does urban shrinkage require urban policy? The case of a post-industrial region in Poland

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