A curse of coal? Exploring unintended regional consequences of coal energy in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMgr/MGR_2014_02.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMgr/MGR_2014_02.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A curse of coal? Exploring unintended regional consequences of coal energy in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Focusing on coal energy from a geographical perspective, the unintended regional consequences of coal mining and combustion in the Czech Republic are discussed and analysed in terms of the environmental injustice and resource curse theories. The explorative case study attempts to identify significant associations between the spatially uneven distribution of coal power plants and the environmental and socioeconomic characteristics and development trends of affected areas. The findings indicate that the coal industries have contributed to slightly above average incomes and pensions, and have provided households with some technical services such as district heating. However, these positive effects have come at high environmental and health costs paid by the local populations. Above average rates of unemployment, homelessness and crime indicate that the benefits have been unevenly distributed economically. A higher proportion of uneducated people and ethnic minorities in affected districts

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0025" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0025: Energy landscapes: inovation, development and internationalisation of research</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

55-65

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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