Re-thinking Post-Mining Areas Reclamation in 21st Century

3rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning Symposium

土木建筑工程;文学

Mazur-Belzyt, Katarzyna^1

Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Akademicka 7 Street, Gliwice

44-100, Poland^1

关键词: Comparative analysis;    Legislative changes;    Literature researches;    Logical argumentations;    Multi Criteria Analysis;    Non-renewable resource;    Space development;    Technological advancement;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/10/102055/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/471/10/102055

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Despite the technological advancement, widespread investor pressure and the global recognition of sustainable development as a 21st century paradigm, many of the post-mining areas are still waiting for reclamation and giving them a new function. The studies that have been carried out have aroused interest in the lack of development of these areas, so numerous in many regions, where the mining industry has been driving the economy for centuries. The article posed the question of what factors determine today the formation of post-mining areas, and whether these processes are consistent. It was also considered what impact the idea of sustainable development has on the approach to post-mining areas. In order to solve such constructed problems, the research method of logical argumentation and interpretation was used. The author used research techniques such as: data query, literature research, comparative analysis as well as sketches and tabular statements. The article analyses critically the most important legal documents in this field, discusses the conditions and limitations of reclamation and changes in the function of post-mining areas, as well as outlines the context of the idea of sustainable development. During the research, the directions of reclamation were reviewed. Next, features of post-mining areas were presented, which have a decisive influence on the possibilities of their transformation. There were given more important conditions for choosing the direction and method of reclamation. In addition, in a paper a critical reference was made to the reclamation practice in Poland. What is more, the need to adjust the reclamation of post-mining areas to the concept of their subsequent development with regard to local conditions was shown. The article draws attention to the lack of full use of the potential of post-mining areas and the need to change this situation in the context of sustainable development, according to which space is one of the valuable non-renewable resources. The author suggests introducing the necessary legislative changes related to the reclamation of post-mining areas, and also states the need to refine the multi-criteria analyses of the possibilities and directions of reclamation. She also states that in the 21st century, any space development project (including mining and mine liquidation) should be based on the principles of sustainable development.