Evaluating mining landscape: A step forward

Menegaki, ME; Kaliampakos, DC

dc.contributor.author	Menegaki, ME	en
dc.contributor.author	Kaliampakos, DC	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:08:53Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:08:53Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	09258574	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29743
dc.subject	Landscape alteration	en
dc.subject	Mined land rehabilitation	en
dc.subject	Open pit mining	en
dc.subject	Visual impacts	en
dc.subject.other	Alternative designs	en
dc.subject.other	Illustrative examples	en
dc.subject.other	Integral part	en
dc.subject.other	Land rehabilitation	en
dc.subject.other	Landscape alteration	en
dc.subject.other	Main parameters	en
dc.subject.other	Mine site	en
dc.subject.other	Mined out area	en
dc.subject.other	Observation condition	en
dc.subject.other	Quantitative evaluation	en
dc.subject.other	Visual impacts	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental management	en
dc.subject.other	Management	en
dc.subject.other	Open pit mining	en
dc.subject.other	environmental restoration	en
dc.subject.other	GIS	en
dc.subject.other	land reclamation	en
dc.subject.other	land use change	en
dc.subject.other	mining	en
dc.subject.other	open pit mine	en
dc.subject.other	relief	en
dc.title	Evaluating mining landscape: A step forward	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.011	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.011	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	Land rehabilitation constitutes an integral part of surface mining design aiming at returning the mined-out area to its former suitability to accept new land uses. The effectiveness of alternative rehabilitation plans depends on many parameters, the majority of which can be quantified in physical terms. One of the most difficult issues to deal with, however, is still the impact on the landscape during the operation and the improvement achieved after rehabilitation of the mine site. Towards this direction, the paper presents, through an illustrative example, a new method for the quantitative evaluation of the impacts on the landscape. This method, named LETOPID, focuses on the measurement of two main parameters: (i) the alteration of topographic relief and (ii) the sensitivity of observation conditions, both making use of GIS tools. The arithmetic values produced for each of the above parameters facilitates the discrimination of seemingly similar alternative design and rehabilitation plans. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.	en
heal.journalName	Ecological Engineering	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.011	en
dc.identifier.volume	43	en
dc.identifier.spage	26	en
dc.identifier.epage	33	en