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The aim of the paper is to highlight the potential of old mining regions for the development of geotourism. The region of Central Spis was known for its long-standing mining and industrial activity. In the 1990s, a decline regime began, mining activities gradually ceased and the mines were closed. The region subsequently experienced an economic and social decline. The mining areas, mining buildings and facilities have been preserved in the individual villages. Mining landforms are also preserved, both on the surfa...

The main objective of the paper is to analyze and evaluate what are the manifestations and impacts of suburbanization in the hinterland of the city of Presov. The first manifestations of suburbanization started in 1996 and continue even nowadays. This process brings several consequences, economic, social, demographic, environmental, etc. When looking at migration flows, Presov has shown a long-term decline in population. The municipalities located in its hinterland show an increase in population. In this paper we ...

The aim of this paper is to point out to conception of remediation approaches in the mining landscape after ending of mining. Remediation is technically and financially very demanding. According authors of some scientific studies comparing the results of the technical and biological reclamation with a spontaneous succession showed the advantages of spontaneous succession. Therefore the current trend in landscape ecology promotes procedures without technical remediation, which limits the progressive succession. On ...