RETHINKING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SPACE THROUGH THE IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY: A CASE STUDY OF PETROŞANI MINING BASIN (HUNEDOARA COUNTY, ROMANIA)
Florentina-Cristina MERCIU1, George-Laurenţiu MERCIU2, Andreea-Loreta CERCLEUX1, Ionela Corina CHIRILEASA (DEDIŢĂ)2
1Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, University of Bucharest, krysten1009@yahoo.com, loretacepoiu@yahoo.com
2Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, merciugeorge@yahoo.co.uk, corinachiri@yahoo.com
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Abstract
The Petroşani coal-mining basin is one of the oldest in Romania. Over time, mining activity has damaged the natural environment in rural areas. Also, the mining industry has led to increased urbanization. The environmental problems in the Petroşani basin should be strategically viewed as a challenge to implement the short term measures to reclaim the land impacted by mining so as to reintegrate them into economic circuits. The purpose of the study is to highlight the environmental issues related to extractive industry. The environmental problems in the Petroşani mining basin were investigated using several indicators (the environment transformation index, the naturality index). The authors also propose several land reclamation measures in order to support the sustainable development of rural space in the Petroşani mining basin.
Keywords:
- Underground
- mining
- coal
- quarry
- mine
- drainage
- environment
- rehabilitation
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Florentina-Cristina MERCIU, George-Laurenţiu MERCIU, Andreea-Loreta CERCLEUX, Ionela Corina CHIRILEASA (DEDIŢĂ) (2015). RETHINKING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SPACE THROUGH THE IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY: A CASE STUDY OF PETROŞANI MINING BASIN (HUNEDOARA COUNTY, ROMANIA)
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