Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Richard Hazlett
Reader 2
Char Miller
Rights Information
© 2014 Elizabeth R. Hansen
Abstract
Surface coal mining is a major form of land change and environmental degradation in Central Appalachia. Traditional mine reclamation iresults in unmanaged, unproductive grasslands that fail to mitigate many of the environmental costs of coal mining and are of minimal use to communities. Forestry reclamation is an alternative reclamation tactic that has the potential to address both environmental and socioeconomic concerns in Central Appalachia. A case study of Laurel Fork Mine in Eastern Kentucky is included.
Recommended Citation
Hansen, Elizabeth R., "Reforestation, Renewal, and the Cost of Coal: Opposing a Manichean Worldview in Central Appalachia" (2015). Pomona Senior Theses. 132.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/132
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