Le bassin minier du Nord -Pas-de-Calais après le charbon ; la difficile gestion de l'héritage spatial

Abstract

The Nord-Pas-de-Calais coalfield following the coal era : struggling to manage the spatial legacy Mining has left a highly visible legacy on the landscape in the French Northern Basin (in the form of mining towns, derelict lands, coal-tips and various facilities) and the need to convert these obsolete installations constitutes a serious challenge today. Largescale renovations have been carried out in the last 20 years, but the announcement in 1983 that mining was to come a complete halt began to intensify the debate on the future of the Colliery's property. The initial, «selective» approach which favoured capital return gains, the continuation of profit-making activities and the trimming of urban areas, has now been followed by a strategy of global planning which integrates the social, political, ecological and cultural aspects.

Navigating the Past through an Interactive Geovisualisation-Driven Methodology: Locating a 15th–19th Century Paddy Field as a Source of Agroecological Knowledge

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“…This knowledge is interesting since its rationale is based on nature before the impacts of intensive agriculture and results from spatial, as well as ecological, analysis. This knowledge can help interdisciplinary approaches avoid being limited to ecology or overlooking the environment and the laws of spatial organization [37].…”

L’exploitation du lignite et la réhabilitation des paysages dans la région minière d’Olténie en Roumanie

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