Geotechnical Solutions for Linear Transport Infrastructure in Mining Areas

The article discusses the issues of safety of operation of road and rail transport infrastructure objects in mining areas. In particular, the fol-lowing issues were discussed: the general characteristics of the mining deformations of the rock mass and the terrain surface, the impact of continuous and discontinuous deformations on the safety of the opera-tion of land transport infrastructure facilities and reinforcements of land transport infrastructure structures in mining areas. Examples of land transport structure reinforcements situated within the reach of mining influences are given.

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Protecting Asian Elephants from Linear Transport Infrastructure: The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group’s Introduction to the Challenges and Solutions

10.53847/vywn4174 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rob Ament ◽

Sandeep Kumar Tiwari ◽

Melissa Butynski ◽

Becky Shu Chen ◽

Norris Dodd ◽

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Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Case Studies ◽

Working Group ◽

Asian Elephant ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Home Ranges ◽

Asian Elephants ◽

Linear Transport ◽

South And Southeast Asia ◽

In The Wild

Asian elephants are endangered across their remaining home ranges in South and Southeast Asia. According to recent estimates, fewer than 52,000 individuals remain in the wild across 13 range states. Ongoing loss and fragmentation of habitat, increasingly caused by the development and operation of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) - such as roads, railways, and highways - is now exacerbating these threats. The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group (AsETWG) began collaboration in early 2019 to focus its efforts on developing solutions for conserving core habitats and decreasing mortality and barriers to Asian elephant movement. This publication marks a first milestone in AsETWG's work. It highlights the impacts that LTI has on Asian elephants and their habitats, addresses existing frameworks for reducing elephant-transport conflicts, provides seven case studies and a focus on emerging technologies, and makes general recommendations for inspiring urgent and practical actions.

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Kuzbass Strategy over 50-year Planning Horizon: Publications on Strategy of the Kuzbass Region

Strategizing: Theory and Practice ◽

10.21603/2782-2435-2021-1-2-123-135 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (2) ◽

pp. 123-135

Author(s):

Vladimir Kvint ◽

Kirill Astapov

Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Land Reclamation ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Planning Horizon ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Mining Areas ◽

Environmental Requirements ◽

Innovative Economy

Over its 300-year history, the Kuzbass Region has become one of the strongest industrial and coal mining areas. However, new environmental requirements stipulated by the Paris Agreement and the EU Energy Strategy require a new diversified and innovative economy, i.e. comfortable conditions for people to live and do business. The Strategy for Socio-Economic Development of Kuzbass through 2035 was approved by Regional Law No. 163‑OS on December 23, 2020. The Strategy covers human capital, ecology, reclamation water resources, digitalization, economy, investment, tourism, exhibitions, etc. All these aspects are highlighted in the monographs of the Strategy of the Kuzbass Region. The publications prove that a long-term strategy should combine traditional and novel competitive advantages of the region, which include hydrogen cluster, transport infrastructure, digitalization of business and other spheres, better environmental conditions, forest and land reclamation, sustainable use of water resources, as well as the importance of rebranding the region on the domestic and international arena.

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Anthropogenic Transformation of Russian Arctic: dividing the area into zones based on cluster analysis

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11705 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ekaterina Eremenko ◽

Andrei Bredikhin ◽

Sergei Kharchenko ◽

Yury Belyaev ◽

Ekaterina Matlakhova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Economic Development ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

The Arctic ◽

Russian Arctic ◽

Arctic Zone ◽

Anthropogenic Transformation ◽

Mining Areas ◽

Different Types ◽

The Republic

In this study we analyzed the information about the presence of different types of anthropogenic objects (settlements, transport infrastructure, mining areas, etc.) in the Arctic zone of Russia. This information was taken from open Internet-sources: maps, cartographic projects, databases, schemes of regional development of the Russian Federation. Data analysis shows than only about 20% of Russian Arctic&#8217;s area is affected by economic development, meanwhile on the other 80% of the area there are practically no anthropogenic objects.The economic development of the Arctic region decreases from West to East of Russia. The Republic of Karelia is characterized by the highest economic development level (only 13,1% of the area are not affected by any economic activities), the lowest levels have Krasnoyarskiy krai (95,2%) and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (87,2%). Data on the presence, position, and types of anthropogenic objects were subjected to the k-means method of cluster analysis in order to identify characteristic combinations of objects corresponding to different types of development. Within the Arctic zone of Russia six main types of economical use of the territory were identified. Each of these types was characterized by the dominance of a certain type of anthropogenic objects (settlements, roads, mining industry objects, oil and gas transport infrastructure, wood industry objects).Each type of the economical use of the territory is characterized by specific anthropogenic transformation of the topography of the area. The greatest transformation of the topography and geomorphological processes was found within the open mining areas. The least influence on the topography is connected with some of the linear transport structures (unpaved roads and underground gas pipelines). In general, economic activity in Russian Arctic is relatively low. Anthropogenic transformation of topography and geomorphic processes &#8203;&#8203;is typical for the area about 667 thousand square km, that is about 18% of the total area of &#8203;&#8203;the Russian Arctic.This study is supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) Project &#8470;&#160;18-05-60200 "Anthropogenic transformation of Arctic Landscapes for the last 100 years".

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