Assessment of the Ecological and Economical Trends for Mining Region (on Example of Kuzbass)

Abstract

In the modern scientific literature, a number of methods have been developed making it possible to assess the ecological state of the territory. The most common way is to estimate the gross inflow of pollutants into various objects of the natural environment. The typology of the territory according to the level of the technogenic loading is considered for all environment: water, air and surface. As indicators, the density ofemissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere per 1 km2 and densityof discharge of pollutants into water sources with wastewater through organized releases per 1 million m3 of monthly flow are taken. As indicators of environmental intensity were considered indicators of energy intensity, material intensity, water capacity, metal intensity, specific emissions of greenhouse gases.

An Overview of Carbon Footprint of Coal Mining to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions

“…There is an extremely large gap in the indicators for air pollutants in developed countries and Russia. Thus, specific emissions of sulfur oxides, which lead to acid rain and the degradation of large areas of forests and lands, are 20 times higher in the country than in Japan and Norway and about 6-7 times higher than in Germany and France [19].…”