CURRENT APPROACHES APPLIED IN THE LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN OSLAVANY POST-INDUSTRIAL MINING AREA
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Geography and Geoinformatics - Challenge for Practise and Education |
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| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | landscape restoration;reclamation;revitalization;mine spoils;brownfields |
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| Description | The Oslavany region situated 30 km southwest of Brno represents one of many smaller existing post industrial mining areas called brownfields. Many reclamation approaches applying in larger areas have been taken into consideration worldwide. Mostly the problem of smaller ones lies in fragmented attitudes of the post industrial landscape restoration. It means that several uncontrolled experiments are being done. Created mine spoils can be technically restored after 8 years of deposits stabilization. During this time a specific stage of vegetation succession can develop which could culminate with stages close to climax. This process of spontaneous succession could be more beneficial than following technically conducted rehabilitation of mine spoil or their new mining. After some time changed landscape reached back its balance and another human impact can start it again. Besides that repeated extractions of stored material can be seen. The process of landscape disturbance starts again and erosion with weathering is inevitable. But according to our legislative it can be done. |
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