The lignite industry and the reclamation of land - developments in the Rhenish, Central German and Lusatian mining areas since 1989

Germany ten years after reunification

Auteurs :
BERKNER, A.
MAYR, A.
TAUBMANN, W.

Description :
The GDR was the world biggest lignite producing country, but attendant symptoms were uneconomic management and environmental destruction. The development in two eastern mining areas is characterised by a dramatic decrease of lignite benefication from 300 Mt in 1989 to 64 Mt in 1998. The former mining areas were introduced a recultivation programme, financed by the federal government and the Länder. Until 1999 more than 10 milliard DM had been expended for the land restoration ; new post-mining landscapes with lakes, recreational facilities, forests and agricultural areas are developing. - (HPB)


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
International Geographical Congress, 29, Seoul, Coree, Republique de, 2000-08-14, Collection Beiträge zur Regionalen Geographie, 2000, n°. 52, p. 186-201, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 12 ref.

Date :
2000

Identifiants :
isbn : 3-86082-039-7

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Leipzig, Institut für Länderkunde