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- Title
EVOLUTION OF THE COAL MINING SECTOR IN JIU VALLEY IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS.
- Authors
FAUR, F.; MARCHIȘ, Diana; NISTOR, C.
- Abstract
The concept of sustainable development has crystallized gradually in the ninth decade of the last century, ecologists and environmental economists defining it, initially, as that form of society development based on both the use of renewable natural resources at rates below their regeneration capacity and the optimal use of non-renewable resources, taking into account their substitution provided by technological progress. Although the sustainable development of a region implies a type of development that satisfies the needs of the present generation, without compromising the opportunities (chances) of the next generations to satisfy their own needs, we consider that the closure of the mining exploitations in Jiu Valley does not answer to either of the two desires. As it is known, the process of "restructuring" the mining sector in Jiu Valley region started in the 90s continues today, so that only two mines (Livezeni and Vulcan) are expected to remain in operation after 2018. Invariably, any discussion related to energy resources is associated with the concept of sustainable development, so in the present paper, we analyzed from this perspective the situation in Jiu Valley. For this purpose we used one of the best known tools in the field for analizing a region from the point of view of its integration into the concept of sustainable development of the society, represented by the SWOT analysis (strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats). Starting from the definition of sustainable development and taking into account the available data, in the present paper, we analyzed the situation of coal mining industry in Jiu Valley (more precisely from the perspective of mine closure) and its implications on the "sustainable development" of this region.
- Subjects
COAL mining; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SUSTAINABLE development; RENEWABLE natural resources; SWOT analysis
- Publication
Research Journal of Agricultural Science, 2017, Vol 49, Issue 4, p110
- ISSN
2066-1843
- Publication type
Article