This book aims to present an alternative based on natural processes and an environmental approach to post-excavation site management, e.g., post-coal mining heaps. These sites are places where various mineral excavation by-products are collected. Nevertheless, some post-mineral excavation sites are oligotrophic, terrestrial, wetland, and water habitat islands, providing unique biodiversity enrichment in the landscape. These oligotrophic mineral habitats are essential in over-fertilized, eutrophic, agricultural and urban-industry surroundings. Some post-mineral excavation sites are places where the wildlife can develop and support the functional processes of novel ecosystems. Implementing the newest biogeochemical and comprehensive knowledge into urban-industry landscape management will help to establish the ecosystem’s processes and environmental functioning.
There are several post-industrial sites in Europe where the wildlife areas developed due to natural processes, are becoming wildlife hotspots in densely populated urban-industry areas. In this respect, many of the oligotrophic mineral terrestrial, wetland, and water habitats of anthropogenic origin should not be categorized as environmentally dangerous and undergo economic utility-focused reclamation.
Facing the actual environmental constraints of the Anthropocene Epoch, the book’s chapters presenting the natural basics and perquisites of the environmental ecosystem mosaics, will be interesting for a broad range of environmentalists (scientists and students), miners, economists, and sociologists.
Author(s): Artur Dyczko, Andrzej Jagodziński, Gabriela Woźniak
Publisher: CRC Press/Balkema
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 385
City: Leiden
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One. Geological Background of the Mineral Resources Exploitation
1.1. Geological Origin as the Basis for the Systematics of Deposits
INTRODUCTION
THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPOSIT
CONTEMPORARY DEPOSIT CLASSIFICATION
ENDOGENOUS DEPOSITS
EXOGENOUS DEPOSITS
METAMORPHOGENIC DEPOSITS
REFERENCES
1.2. Geological Conditions Determining the Type of Mining Activity
INTRODUCTION
SPECIFICITY OF OPENCAST MINING
SPECIFICITY OF UNDERGROUND MINING
OTHER METHODS OF MINING EXPLOITATION
RAW MATERIALS AND THE SCOPE OF THEIR PROCESSING
LAND SURFACE DEFORMATION CAUSED BY MINING ACTIVITIES
IMPACTS OF OPENCAST MINING ON THE SURFACE
IMPACTS OF UNDERGROUND MINING ON THE SURFACE
REFERENCES
1.3. Hydrological and Hydrochemical Conditions for the Reclamationof Anthropogenic Water Bodies and Wetlands in Opencast Mines
INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES
STUDY SITES
METHODS
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
RECLAMATION OF SLUDGE (THE CASE OF THE “WÓJCICE” MINE)
THE PROBLEM OF WATER EUTROPHICATION OF POST-EXPLOITED RESERVOIRSEXEMPLIFIED BY GRAVEL EXCAVATION – “NOWOGRÓD BOBRZAŃSKI"
FINAL REMARKS
REFERENCES
1.4. Impact of Coal Mining Heaps on the Water Environment
INTRODUCTION
LOCALIZATION OF STUDIED OBJECTS
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
1.5. Geological Basis of Changes in Water Conditions and Methodsof Their Determination
INTRODUCTION
GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF CHANGES IN WATER CONDITIONSIN THE AREAS OF EXPLOITATION
WAYS TO PREVENT CHANGES IN WATER RELATIONS
REFERENCES
Part Two. Novel Ecosystems – the Image of Anthropocene Epoch Environmental Conditions
2.1. Post- mineral Excavation Sites as Novel Ecosystemsand Examples of Socio- environmental Resilience
INTRODUCTION
THE CONCEPT OF NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS AS AN EXAMPLEOF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
THE NOVEL ECOSYSTEM IN RESEARCH
NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONING
REFERENCES
2.2. Returning Collieries Back to Nature in England, UK
INTRODUCTION
CONSERVING NATURE AND HERITAGE
CASE STUDIES OF COLLIERIES RETURNED TO NATURE
FACILITATING RESTORATION
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
2.3. Brownfield Sites as Hot Spots of Plant Diversity
INTRODUCTION
TYPES OF VEGETATION DEVELOPING ON THE WASTE MATERIALS OF INDUSTRY
EXAMPLES OF PLANT DIVERSITY HOTSPOTSON THE WASTE MATERIALS OF INDUSTRY
HOW CAN BROWNFIELD SITES BE MANAGED TO CONSERVE(OR EVEN DEVELOP?) BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS?
CONCLUSIONS: THE RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCEOF BROWNFIELD BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
REFERENCES
2.4. Returning Coal Mine Sedimentation Pools to Nature: Technical VersusNatural Processes in Population
INTRODUCTION
THE DIVERSITY OF VEGETATION RECORDEDON COAL MINE SEDIMENTATION POOLS
PATTERNS OF COLONIZATION OF THE SURFACE OF SEDIMENTATION POOLSALONG TRANSECTS
DYNAMICS OF VASCULAR PLANTS POPULATIONSTHAT COLONIZE COAL MINE SEDIMENTATION POOLS
INFLUENCE OF VEGETATION OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY ONTHE COMPOSITION OF VASCULAR FLORA OF SEDIMENTATION POOLS
OVERVIEW OF METHODS FOR UTILIZATION OF SALT WATERSCOMING FROM UNDERGROUND MINING
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
2.5. Post- industrial Habitats as Centres of Biodiversity – a Case Studyon a Sample of Sedimentation Pools
INTRODUCTION
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY OBJECTS
METHODS USED TO DESCRIBE THE DIVERSITYOF VASCULAR FLORA OCCURRING IN SEDIMENTATION POOLS
DIVERSITY OF VASCULAR FLORA OF SEDIMENTATION POOLS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
2.6. Mineral Soil Substrate Seed Banks: Understanding Their Rolein Primary Succession and Enhancement of Habitat Recovery
SEED BANK CONCEPT, METHODOLOGY AND IMPORTANCE
SEED BANKS OF SPOIL HEAPS
“SOŚNICA” SPOIL HEAP CASE STUDY
SEEDLING GERMINATION CONDITIONS ON SPOIL HEAPSAND THEIR CONSEQUENCES TO PLANT DISTRIBUTION
REFERENCES
2.7. Bryoflora of Post- industrial Areas in Poland
INTRODUCTION
BRYOPHYTE BIOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF BRYOPHYTES
THE DIVERSITY OF BRYOPHYTES IN POST-INDUSTRIAL HABITATS
SUMMARY
Acknowledgements
REFERENCES
Part Three. Modern Methods Approach to Novel Ecosystem Studies
3.1. Immunochemistry of Cell Wall – a Tool for Evaluation of the Responseof Plants to Changed Habitat
CELL WALL DEFINITION
STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION
HABITATS AND CELL WALL MODIFICATION
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY/IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
ICH GLOSSARY
PROTOCOLS FOR IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY OF PLANT MATERIAL
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK
REFERENCES
3.2. Soil Enzymes – a Tool to Monitor Soil-forming Processesin Coal Mine Spoil Heaps
SOIL ENZYMES. THE STATE OF THE ART
VEGETATION IMPACTS ON ACTIVITIES OF SOIL ENZYMES
CASE STUDY: THE INFLUENCE OF DOMINANT PLANT SPECIES ON THE ENZYMATICACTIVITY OF SPOIL HEAP SOIL SUBSTRATUM BASED ON BŁOŃSKA ET AL. (2019)
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
3.3. Functional Diversity of Bacteria as an Important Elementof Post-mining Ecosystem Functioning – the Use of the BIOLOG ® Methodin Environmental Research
REFERENCES
3.4. Novel Ecosystems Establishment in Environmental Managementwith Geoinformatics Tools: Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Application
INTRODUCTION
NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS
CLASSIFICATION
GEOINFORMATICS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Part Four. Natural Capital as the Basis for Ecosystem Services
4.1. "Natural Capital" Concept – a New Approach to Environmental Managementand Post- industrial Landscapes
INTRODUCTION
THE DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPT OF “NATURAL CAPITAL”
CRITICAL NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES –– TERMINOLOGY AND RESPONSIBILITY
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT OF NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL CAPITAL AND NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS
NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES – EXAMPLESOF MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY IN THE WORLD
MANAGEMENT OF POST-INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON THE EXAMPLEOF GREAT BRITAIN – ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ASPECTS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
4.2. Changing the Management of Post- mining Synanthropic Sites
INTRODUCTION
METHODS
THE LEGACY OF MINING IN WIGAN
BICKERSHAW, GARSWOOD HALL AND CENTRAL WIGAN
DISCUSSION
ACCOMPANYING VIDEO
REFERENCES
4.3. Role of Post-industrial Sites in Maintaining Species Diversity of Rare,Endangered and Protected Vascular Plant Species on the Exampleof the Urban- Industrial Landscapes
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
DATA ACQUISITION
RESULTS
RESEARCH RESULTS AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTIONS
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
4.4. Ecosystem Services and Post-industrial Areas
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
REFERENCES
4.5. Plant Responses to Harsh Conditions of Post- industrial Habitats
INTRODUCTION
ABIOTIC STRESS: PLANT CELL DAMAGE AND PLANT (CELL) RESPONSE
PROLONGED STRESS→CHRONIC STRESS→ACCLIMATIZATION→ADAPTATION
THE ROLE OF ADAPTED GENOTYPES: PHYTOREMEDIATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Part Five. Educational and Social Aspects of Post- mineral Exploitation Habitats
5.1. Environmental Knowledge and Understanding: an Importantand Necessary Aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility
INTRODUCTION
THE FUNCTIONING OF ECOSYSTEMS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT VS. NECESSARY FUTURE ACTIVITIES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
5.2. Activities of Mining Enterprises for Repair of the Natural Environmentin the Light of Applicable Legal Regulations
INTRODUCTION
MINING AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
POST-COAL MINE HEAPS, MINE WATER SEDIMENTATION POOLS, AND POST-MININGSUBSIDENCE RESERVOIRS
RECLAMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AREASTRANSFORMED BY HARD COAL MINING IN THE LIGHT OF THE LAW
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
5.3. Values of Post- industrial Novel Ecosystems for Enhancementof Ecosystem Services in the Anthropocene Epoch
INTRODUCTION
THE IDENTIFICATION OF DE NOVO HUMAN-CREATED HABITAT CONDITIONS
POST-INDUSTRIAL NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS AS A SOURCE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
NATURAL ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AND THE DYNAMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS ENHANCE ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES
REFERENCES
5.4. Educational Activities in the Areas Created as a Resultof Mining Operations in the Silesian Province
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
THE PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN – THE PROJECTOF EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
GUIDELINES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF FIELD WORKSHOPS
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
5.5. Current Reclamation Practices and Their Successfulness
INTRODUCTION
THE CURRENT APPROACH TO POST-MINERAL EXCAVATION SITES
IS THE CURRENT RECLAMATION MANAGEMENT SUCCESSFUL?
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Author Index
