Merem, Edmund C. and Twumasi, Yaw A. and Wesley, Joan and Nwagboso, Emmanuel and Fageir, Siddig and Crisler, Marshand and Isokpehi, Peter and Olagbegi, Duro and Alsarari, Mohammed and Romorno, Coney (2019) The Analysis of Coal Mining Impacts on West Virginia’s Environment. In: Emerging Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 1. B P International, pp. 44-66. ISBN 978-93-89562-67-5
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Aims: The paper analyzes the impacts of coal mining activities on West Virginia’s environment using
GIS.
Study Design: Adopted a mixscale appoach.
Methodology: The aproach is applied to GIS and primary data connected to descriptive statistics by
analyzing the impacts of mining with data collected at the state, county and watershed level.
Place and Duration of Study: The coal producing counties of West Virginia May 2010-December
2012.
Results: The study shows changes in coal production, and widespread degradation resulting in land
loss and open space, impacts on mountain ecosystem and water quality decline in the head waters
and human casualities.The spatial analysis revealed the dispersion of mining activities onto senstive
environments comprising of streams and mountain ecosystems.
Conclusions: The assessment of these trends and the capability of GIS in pinpointing them
enhanced our research and understanding of ecosystem vulnerability in the face of recurrent
degradation induced by mining. GIS also provided a framework for assessing ecosystem decline. To
remedy the problems, the paper offered suggestions ranging from corporate code of ethics to
improved data infrastructure and more use of GIS in environmental decision making.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | Archive Paper Guardians > Multidisciplinary |
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| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2023 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2023 07:29 |
| URI: | http://archives.articleproms.com/id/eprint/2274 |
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