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A curse of coal? Exploring unintended regional consequences of coal energy in the Czech Republic
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SYSNO ASEP 0430895 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title A curse of coal? Exploring unintended regional consequences of coal energy in the Czech Republic Author(s) Frantál, Bohumil (UGN-S) RID, ORCID
Nováková, Eva (UGN-S) RID, ORCIDNumber of authors 2 Source Title Moravian Geographical Reports. - : Ústav geoniky AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 1210-8812
Roč. 22, č. 2 (2014), s. 55-65Number of pages 11 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords coal energy ; environmental injustice ; resource curse ; spatial analysis ; Czech Republic Subject RIV DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography R&D Projects EE2.3.20.0025 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support UGN-S - RVO:68145535 UT WOS 000338931100007 DOI https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2014-0012 Annotation 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 suggest that coal energy is environmentally unjust. Workplace Institute of Geonics Contact Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354 Year of Publishing 2014 Electronic address http://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMgr/MGR_2014_02.pdf
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