| Title |
Fair Development Transition of Lignite Areas: Key Challenges and Sustainability Prospects |
| ID_Doc |
7477 |
| Authors |
Siontorou, CG |
| Title |
Fair Development Transition of Lignite Areas: Key Challenges and Sustainability Prospects |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 15, 16 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su151612323 |
| Abstract |
As Europe transitions away from fossil fuel energy, the challenges associated with closing mines, along with restructuring mine-dependent communities, continue to reduce the rate at which this transition occurs. A large volume of research has been published during the last decade on the fair development context of mine reclamation. Using lignite mines as a case study and a properly modified analytical-hierarchy-process-based roadmapping methodological framework, the current study attempted to elucidate the key challenges and the bottlenecks that researchers view as critical to a just transition. The results indicated four critical areas that researchers expected to drive policymaking: social implications, stakeholder divergence, land-use challenges and sustainability prospects. Further, the coupling of mining operations to green strategies, such as circular economy and recycling, seems to be put forward by the academics as a viable solution to enhance the sustainability of the sector. |
| Author Keywords |
lignite mines; mine closure; environmental and social impacts assessment; land reclamation; mine restoration |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:001055431200001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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