Regulating mine land reclamation in developing countries: The case of China

Cao, Xi‐Ren

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.07.002

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“…As noted by Cao (2007), disturbed lands resulting from mining activities still have some potential for economic, recreational and aesthetic use. Indeed, properly reclaimed mined lands have found many uses, and are well reported in literature.…”

Section: Major Post-mining Land-usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of mine sustainability in general mandates attaining an acceptable land-use (Bowman & Baker, 1998;Cao, 2007;Maczkowiack, et al, 2012;Ross & Simcock, 1997). Laws and regulations by Federal, State and Local governments (all over the world) requiring mining companies to ensure safe environment and reclaiming mined lands to an acceptable state reflects the concern of the society for the environment (Maczkowiack, et al, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluating Alternate Post-Mining Land-Uses: A Review

Mborah¹,

Bansah²,

Boateng³

2015

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The ultimate objective of post-mine land-use and reclamation planning is to identify appropriate alternate land uses to which mined land could be put. This will ensure that land-use and morphology of the location will be capable of supporting either the prior land-use or pre-mining environment. The main challenge is usually, the choice of variables that must be considered in deciding a particular post-mining land-use. Literature reviews were conducted to identify the major factors needed to be considered in the selection of a post-mining land-use. This paper also looks at the most commonly practiced and accepted post-mining land-use techniques. Factors identified as important in the selection process include land resources (e.g. physical, biological and cultural characteristics), ownership, type of mining activity, legal requirements, location, needs of the community, economic, environmental, technical and social factors. In a broad categorization, all post-mining land-uses could be placed under one of the following land-use: agriculture, forestry, lake or pool, intensive recreational land-use, non-intensive recreational land-use, conservation and pit backfilling. However, the objective of any particular post-mining land use should be achieving economic and sustainable outcomes which meet human wants and needs, and protect life and the environment.

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Section: Major Post-mining Land-usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Alternate Post-Mining Land-Uses: A Review

Mborah¹,

Bansah²,

Boateng³

2015

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“…In order to obtain satisfactory results in reclamation, special attention must be paid to the post-mining use of the land and its potential functions (i.e., pasture, hayland, recreational areas, wildlife habitat, wetlands, fishing ponds etc. ), together with the implementation of environmental conservation and land reclamation programs to minimize the negative environmental effects (Cao 2007;Kavourides et al 2002;Saperstein 1990 Age distribution 5.…”

Section: Reclamation Of Degraded Landscapes Due To Opencast Mining 833mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the late 20 th century, reclamation has been widely accepted by both developed and developing countries as a desirable and necessary remedy in order to: i) reestablish the environmental conditions in post-mining landscapes at an acceptable level, and ii) increase their economic value to an optimum level (Cao 2007).…”

Section: Legislative and Regulatory Issues In Mine Reclamationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Generally speaking, developing countries do not have strict environmental regulations and effective enforcement programs, and they usually address the issue within mining and environmental acts, or related national laws. Additionally, these countries mostly consider the reclamation and pollution control after the mine operations end (Cao 2007). …”

Section: Legislative and Regulatory Issues In Mine Reclamationmentioning

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Reclamation of Degraded Landscapes due to Opencast Mining

Kuter¹

2013

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Determining usages in post‐mining sites according to landscape design approaches

Sekban

Acar

2021

Land Degrad Dev

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Today, with the gradual expansion of city centres, mining sites neighbouring cities have become high-potential landscapes on which user needs and urban ecological necessities can be satisfied. However, as works on such fields remain at the upper scale and planning level, subscale design efforts required to give the areas in question an identity and usage opportunities are quite limited. Within this context, the present study aims to create various usage paradigms by evaluating the landscaping potentials of new landscape elements in rehabilitated mining sites. The study defined these new landscape elements and determined usage scenarios for the landscape elements by following different design approaches. These new usage scenarios were categorized into three different design orientations as nature-oriented, human-oriented, and mixed-use. These categorizations were then transformed into 30 paradigms based on deliberations with experts. The aim here was to define multipurpose usages required for natural and human needs in rehabilitated mining sites.

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Regulating mine land reclamation in developing countries: The case of China

Cited by 97 publications

References 22 publications

Evaluating Alternate Post-Mining Land-Uses: A Review

Evaluating Alternate Post-Mining Land-Uses: A Review

Reclamation of Degraded Landscapes due to Opencast Mining

Determining usages in post‐mining sites according to landscape design approaches

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