Instruments of Mineral Deposit Safeguarding in Poland, Slovakia and Czechia—Comparative Analysis

• DOI: 10.3390/resources10020016
• Publication Date: 2021-02-13T03:41:25Z
• Authors: Slávka Gałaś; Alicja Kot-Niewia...; Andrzej Gałaś; Julián Kondela; Blažena Wertichová
• Keywords: Safeguarding; Scope (computer science); Mineral deposit

Mineral deposits are essential for the economic, technological and social development. However, to enable them play an appropriate role in process of sustainable development, they need be safeguarded a comprehensive systemic manner same measure as other elements environment. The practice securing access areas where mineral can found is based on statement that extracted only places occur. This fact defines type scope instruments safeguarding prospective deposit minerals their documented deposits. These issues gained significance EU level recent years however views this subject across Member States still vary. paper subjects used Poland, Slovakia Czechia analysis multi-criteria comparative assessment. It recommends division into conceptual, legal, spatial planning economic ones. As result studies, similarities differences approach individual countries shown, indicating good practices suggesting possible changes. revealed many analogies actions aimed at countries, assessment effectiveness implementation points necessity taking further steps increase safeguarding.