Wirth / Cernic-Mali / Fischer Post-Mining Regions in Central Europe

Problems, Potentials, Possibilities
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-86581-500-2
Verlag: oekom
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Kein

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

This volume is about post-mining regions in Central Europe, where people have taken up the challenge of overcoming the crisis provoked by the cessation of mining. Although the situation in these regions is mostly difficult, the book is not about decline and desperation. It is about concepts and strategies for shaping new perspectives at the beginning of the 21st century. It is about people who envisage new leisure attractions where excavators left a lunar landscape a few years ago, who create new technology centres on the sites of abandoned processing plants, and who plan to extract clean energy from mine-water flowing hundreds of meters under the surface; people intent on exploiting so-called 'post-mining potentials' – the central topic of this volume. After more than three years of common research, a group of scientists from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia present an overview of the current situation and development perspectives in seven post-mining regions of Central Europe. They show that sustainable post-mining development is a highly relevant subject in our times. Despite the innumerable problems, a positive conclusion can be drawn: change is possible, and cooperation across the borders of European countries can contribute to its success.

Zielgruppe

Fachleute aus Politik, Verwaltung und Verbänden, Wissenschaftler, Studierende, Politikberater, Entscheidungsträger , Regionalplaner, Geografen, Nachhaltigkeitsforscher, Bodenkundler, Energieplaner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wirth, Peter

Cernic-Mali, Barbara

Fischer, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Post-Mining Regions in Central Europe;1
2;CONTENTS;7
3;Preface;10
4;Part I: Overview;15
4.1;Peter Wirth, Barbara Cernic Mali, Wolfgang Fischer: Problems and Potentials of Post-Mining Regions;16
5;Part II: Central European Mining Regions – Selected Cases;33
5.1;Jorn Harfst: Introduction;34
5.2;Gergely Horvath, Gabor Csullog: Salgotarjan (Hungary) – The Rise and Fall of a Mining and Industrial Region;42
5.3;Jorn Harfst, Peter Wirth: Mansfeld-Sudharz (Germany) – From Industrial Heartland to Depleted Hinterland?;55
5.4;Zdenka Lipovska, Antonin Vaishar, Milada Stastna: Sokolov-vychod (Czech Republic) – From Open Cast Pits to New Landscapes;65
5.5;David Osebik: Steirische Eisenstraße (Austria) – The Region Surrounding an Outstanding Mining Landmark;81
5.6;Sylwia Do zb asz: Wa brzych (Poland) – Diversification of the Economy Is Possible;94
5.7;Naja Marot: Zasavje (Slovenia) – A Region Reinventing Itself;106
5.8;Jorn Harfst, Peter Wirth: Zwickau-Lugau-Oelsnitz (Germany) – The Long Shadow of Mining;120
6;Part III: Good Practice Analysis;131
6.1;Naja Marot, Barbara Cernic Mali: Using the Potentials of Post-Mining Regions – A Good Practice Overview of Central Europe;132
7;Part IV: Specific Aspects in the Development of Post-Mining Regions;151
7.1;Peter Wirth: Introduction;152
7.2;Antonin Vaishar, Zdenka Lipovska, Milada Stastna: Small Towns in Post-Mining Regions;155
7.3;Jorn Harfst, Peter Wirth, Gerd Lintz: Governing Post-Mining Potentials: The Role of Regional Capacities;170
7.4;Sylwia Do zb asz: Local Development Actors in a Post-Mining Municipality;184
7.5;Naja Marot, Barbara Cernic Mali: Youth and Regional Development – Participation by Future Stakeholders in Today’s Decisions on Post-Mining Regions;197
7.6;Judith Pizzera, David Osebik: Strategic Destination Management in an Alpine Mining Region – Adventure Sports Tourism as Chance for Image Transformation;214
7.7;Gergely Horvath, Gabor Csullog: The Role of Ecotourism and Geoheritage in the Spatial Development of Former Mining Regions;228
8;Part V: Perspectives and Possibilities;243
8.1;Jorn Harfst, Wolfgang Fischer, Peter Wirth: Reflection on Strategic Options for Post-Mining Development;244
9;Notes on Contributors;257
10;A Short Summary of this Volume;263

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Wirth is a project coordinator in the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and RegionalDevelopment in Dresden/Germany. He is focused on regional development in Europe, regionalcooperation and governance.

Barbara Cernic Mali works as a senior researcher and a project manager at the Urban PlanningInstitute of the Republic of Slovenia. Her main fields of expertise are regional development, economicand spatial regeneration, brownfield revitalization and housing.

Wolfgang Fischer has been a member of the scientific staff of the Institute of Geography andRegional Science at University of Graz/Austria since 1990. His fields of research are the environmentand regional development.