Environmental problems in the Sudetes, Poland |
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Authors: | Krzysztof R Mazurski |
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Institution: | (1) Chair of Spatial Management, Faculty of Regional Economics & Tourism, Wrocław, University of Economics, Nowowiejska 3, 58-500 Jelenia Góra, Poland |
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Abstract: | Due to the abundance of mineral deposits associated with the metamorphic rocks of the Sudetes, the area was intensively settled
and developed by the end of the Middle Ages. Several centuries later, the first attempts were made to rehabilitate the devastated
natural environment. The advent of capitalism brought further damage to the environment, which has remained almost unchanged
to this day. Improvements in the context of transfrontier cooperation have arisen out of the economic crisis and the disintegration
of the Soviet bloc. However, the Sudetes are still a problem area, and various industries are competing for local resources.
The main problem facing the region is the need to rehabilitate its natural environment and create a more balanced local economy.
Tourism, forestry, agriculture and ‘clean’ industrial technologies have the greatest potential.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | environment forestry Poland pollution reclamation technology tourism transfrontier cooperation |
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