Publication details

FUNCTIONAL MINING REGION: JÁCHYMOV STUDY AREA

Authors

SVATOŇOVÁ Hana

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Central Europe Area in View of Current Geography. Proceedings of 23rd Central European Conference
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
web https://munispace.muni.cz/index.php/munispace/catalog/book/838
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-8314-2016
Field Mining industry incl. coal mining and processing
Keywords functional mining region; mining system; post-industrial landscape; uranium mining; Jáchymov; prison camps
Description The region of Jáchymov became the place of world exclusivity – it was the only place where the Soviet Union could obtain uranium immediately after the 2nd World War. This situation has brought massive changes to the landscape of Jáchymov associated with the development of mining industries and the need of labour force. This paper presents the whole complex of mining system passing through several phases. The functional mining region is defined as well as model of mining system containing the main objects and their relationships.

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