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Despite the crisis and numerous strikes, human losses and social and
environmental impoverishment, the mine was still extracted until the
third quarter of the XX century. Anothercase of mine closure was In
Almadenin Spain, where the extraction of mercury and cinnabar was
ongoing until 2001 due to miners health problems as well as low
profitability. In Poland, after the closureof the mines, the
biggestimpact was the lack of the main“human” power source.The
world turnedupside down for inhabitants. They have lost their sourceof
income, the infrastructure development plans of the areas were
exterminated, localcommunities fell into depression and crime began
to rise. Our points of interest were facing and still face numerous
challenges related to outcomes of land exploitation.
Based on the “Initiative for coal regions in transition” created by the
European Commission focusing on the Silesia region in Poland, there
are various current or expected transition challenges facing the
region - air quality, environmental degradation of land, demographic
change, narrow industrial structure, modernisation of
industry,employment creation, reskilling, transport infrastructure and
mobility, social cohesion, las but not least limited partnership and
consensus. Concerning these challenges, we will evaluateeach case
studyfrom Poland, Italy and Spain before and after (if applicable) the
revitalisation process.
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