Zpravodaj Hnědé uhlí 2010, 50(2)
Coal Mining and Mining Landscape Changes in the Region of Karvinsko
- Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje
Coal mining development in recent years and impacts of underground hard coal mining on the landscape of the region of Karvinsko are the main topics of this article. A special focus is put on following issues: subsidence consequences in the region of Karvinsko, which is a part of the coal basin of Ostrava; changes in waste utilisation and disposal; reclamation of the affected landscape; positive changes of mining landscape which results from environmental measures and activities carried out by the company of Ostravsko-karvinské doly, a. s., by the Municipality of Karviná, and by other involved organisations. All these involved entities aim at protecting and shaping a new cultural landscape which would be utilisable for different forms of tourism and recreation. Thus, the image of the region of Karvinsko has been positively transformed.
Keywords: The Karviná region, coal, devastated area, reclamation, utilization of landscape
Published: June 1, 2010 Show citation