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This book collects and summarizes current scientific knowledge concerning coal-mined landscapes of the Appalachian region in eastern United States. Containing contributions from authors across disciplines, the book addresses topics relevant to the regions coal-mining history and its future; its human communities; and the soils, waters, plants, wildlife, and human-use potentials of Appalachias coal-mined landscapes. The book provides a comprehensive overview of coal minings legacy in Appalachia, USA. It book describes the resources of the Appalachian coalfield, its lands and waters, and its human communities as they have been left in the aftermath of intensive mining, drawing upon peer-reviewed science and other regional data to provide clear and objective descriptions. By understanding the Appalachian experience, officials and planners in other resource extraction- affected world regions can gain knowledge and perspectives that will aid their own efforts to plan and manage for environmental quality and for human welfare. Appalachia's Coal-Mined Landscapes: Resources and Communities in a New Energy Era will be of use to natural resource managers and scientists within Appalachia and in other world regions experiencing widespread mining, researchers with interest in the regions disturbance legacy, and economic and community planners concerned with Appalachias future.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9783030577827
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 351
- Utgivningsdatum: 2021-11-27
- Förlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG