RECLAMATION POTENTIAL OF ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA L. ON MINING ROCK WITHIN STEPPE ZONE OF UKRAINE

Western Donbass is a powerful coal-mining region in the Steppe zone of Ukraine. In this region, large areas are damaged by coal mining. The mine rocks spread all over the coal district of Dnipropetrovsk region often contain toxic inorganic contaminants. In this regard using mine rocks for biological reclamation is nowadays an important environmental issue. Tree species can accumulate heavy metals from technosoils during the whole year and transfer these elements together with other nutrients to aboveground phytomass through the vegetation period

Are Children "Normal"?

We examine Becker's (1960) contention that children are "normal." For the cross section of non-Hispanic white married couples in the U.S., we show that when we restrict comparisons to similarly-educated women living in similarly-expensive locations, completed fertility is positively correlated with the husband's income. The empirical evidence is consistent with children being "normal." In an effort to show causal effects, we analyze the localized impact on fertility of the mid-1970s increase in world energy prices – an exogenous shock that substantially increased men's incomes in the Appalachian coal-mining region. Empirical evidence for that population indicates that fertility increases in men's income.economics of fertility, location choice, Appalachian fertility

Sikap Masyarakat Desa Hutan terhadap Perubahan dan Alih Guna Kawasan Hutan Menjadi Kawasan Pertambangan Batubara

Change and use change forest into coal mining area has led to changes in the biophysical environment and social environment forest villagers. This study aimed to analyze the attitudes towards changes in environmental conditions biophysical and social environment of rural communities around the mining of coal before and after the change and use change forest into coal mining region. The study was conducted in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan. The method used to achieve the purpose of the study is the quantitative approach. Quantitative data from the data collecting through questionnaire will be processed through the editing process is researching the answers to the questionnaire, coding which classifies respondents consisting of three scales and then calculate the frequency based data distribution and tabulation. The results of the study public attitudes to change and use change forest into the area of coal mining and public attitudes show a positive attitude, which means it is a change to changing environmental conditions biophysical and social environment of rural communities around the mining of coal before and after the change and transfer of forest land use be a coal mining region

ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT AND MODELLING OF SALTS TRANSFER IN FOUR LAND RESTORATION SCHEMES IN THE COAL MINING REGION

The mining district where the Western Donbas coal mines are emplaced has accumulated wastes in the form of tailings, heaps, dumps, and slurry deposits. Meantime, only small part of the waste from these sites is “recycled” in other areas such as road filling, dams and embankments construction. The environmental impact of these materials remains little-studied. The toxic salts mobility as a result of weathering processes has not been estimated and no data exist concerning the transfer of toxicants migration

THE EFFECTS OF THE MINING ACTIVITY OVER THE WATERS FROM JIU VALLEY

The upper Jiu Valley, around Petrosani and Lupeni, is Romania�s principal coal mining region. Many miners feel that coal mining in Romania is a moribund industry that will never regain its position of significance. Environmental contaminants associated with mining activities may affect wildlife species in many ways and at many levels within the ecosystem. Some contaminants associated with mines (e.g., lead, arsenic, cyanide, etc.) may cause acute or chronic effects on resident wildlife. In 1950�1989, the quality of the waters of the Jiu River has constantly worsened. Because of the restriction of the social�economic activities, after 1990, the situation of the waters of the Jiu River and of the waters in Romania has continually improved. In the same time, in 1990 there is a transfer to a more rigorous management of the environment which also includes legislation according to the international norms.mining activity, environment, waters pollution, heavy metals

Are children 'normal'?

In his classic work on the economics of fertility, Becker (1960) suggests that children are likely “normal.” We examine this contention. Our first step is documenting an empirical regularity about the cross section of white married couples in the U.S.: when we restrict comparisons to households living in broadly similar locations (e.g., in expensive urban areas, or in rural areas), completed fertility is positively correlated with the husband’s income. Two alternative models rationalize the data—one in which children are “normal” and a second in which the observed pattern emerges solely as a consequence of rational sorting by households. In an effort to sort out causal effects, we undertake a rather specialized empirical exercise to analyze the localized impact on fertility of the mid-1970s increase in world energy prices—an exogenous shock that substantially increased men’s incomes in the Appalachian coal-mining region. We find that children are indeed “normal.”Demography

Ligularia philanthrax (Asteraceae), a new species from a coal mining region of Kyrgyzstan

Ligularia philanthrax Lazkov & Sennikov sp. nova (Asteraceae) is a new species from Kyrgyzstan, narrowly distributed in the Turkestan Mountain Range. It differs from the most similar species, L. pavlovii (Syrdaiya Karatau Mts., Kazakhstan) by having fewer scales at its stem base, oblong-obovate basal and lower cauline leaves with narrow herbaceous sheaths, and by having more numerous longer ligulate flowers. Ligularia philanthrax occurs in the Suluku coal mining region and is considered Critically Endangered because of its restricted distribution, anthropogenic impact and a high level of grazing.Peer reviewe

APPLICATION OF BINARY DIVISION ALGORITHM FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CHANGE DETECTION TO IDENTIFY THE HOTSPOTS IN MODIS IMAGES

fusing In this paper, an approach based on Binary Division Algorithm, to detect the Hotspots using Multi-resolution fusion of band 1, band 2, band 31 and band 32 of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), NASA Satellite, for the Jharia (India) Region with the aid of image analysis and change detection technique has been proposed. The management of mine fires in coal mining region is of much concern in India. Mine fires apart from economic aspects; give rise to devastating environmental effects. Most of th

The character of five selected LANDSAT lineaments in southwestern Pennsylvania

"Five LANDSAT lineaments in the coal mining region of southwestern Pennsylvania were investigated by the Bureau of Mines to determine their geologic character, relation to subsurface conditions, and the means of discriminating one from another. The investigation included earth resistivity and very low frequency electromagnetic traverses, soil moisture sampling, and a correlation with coal mine roof conditions. The lineaments could not be detected by the methods used, suggesting that they might be a surface phenomenon unrelated to subsurface geologic structures or roof stability in coal mine workings beneath." - NIOSHTIC-2NIOSH no. 10005753199

From Coal Pits to Tar Sands: Labour Migration Between an Atlantic Canadian Region and the Athabasca Oil Sands

The ongoing developments of the Northern Albertan Athabasca Oil Sands include exceptionally labour intensive processes, while securing labour for this industry has been a perpetual challenge. The industry has relied on temporary and transitory labour since its inception, with a great deal of mobile workers originating from Atlantic Canada. Based on ethnographic research, this paper examines the dynamics of an emerging route of migration between the former coal-mining region of Industrial Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and the sites of the Oil Sands industry. Processes of migration have had profound social and economic impacts on the communities of Industrial Cape Breton, while such mobile workers find themselves in a form of work organization which is increasingly precarious and contingent