THE FUNCTIONAL POTENCIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDSCAPE AFFECTED BY THE EXTRACTION OF RAW MATERIALS

11th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2011, www.sgem.org, SGEM2011 Conference Proceedings/ ISSN 1314-2704, June 20-25, 2011, Vol. 3, 693-700 pp

ABSTRACT

The article analyses the basic issues of procedural methods for evaluating the
environment affected by the exploitation of mineral resources in the Czech Republic.
The areas that were affected by the industrial activities in the past and are not used
currently are called Brownfields. These areas create the side effects called externalities
from their very beginning. The first part explicates the basic views of the methods of
assessment and evaluation of the environment and related negative and positive
externalities incurred. Another part of this paper assesses the affected area using two
methodical manners. The first manner is the commonly used called Hessian method and
the second is new proposed methodical manner so-called FUPO ,,The Functional
Potential assessment and resultant externality in the industries areas” which has been
created in VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava.

Keywords: brownfields, real functional potential, positive externalities, environmental evaluation