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Oil Sands Mining in Alberta: Economic and Environmental Connections
Fraindová, Kateřina ; Jeleček, Leoš (advisor) ; Vrtiška, Tomáš Josef (referee)
Bituminous sands currently represent a real energy source that could temporarily replace already consumed part conventional sources of crude oil, which decrease. Acquisition of such strategic minerals is much more difficult both economically and technologically and represents a considerable negative impact on the environment. This paper first introduces general characteristics and problems of the crude oil extraction. Briefly describes different types of mining technologies that are used or are under development. Then focuses on an overall assessment of production in terms of economic and environmental aspects. The work focuses on the assessment of positive and negative impacts both on the economy of Canada and the environment, especially in the area of mining in Alberta. Key words: oil sands, economy of mining, environmental impacts, Canada, Alberta
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Changes of Regional and Settlement Pattern of Serbia after 1991 in the Context of the Split of Yugoslavia
Vukadinovič, Marko ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Vrtiška, Tomáš Josef (referee)
Changes of regional and settlement pattern of Serbia after 1991 in the context of the split of Yugoslavia Abstract This thesis presents changes of regional and settlement pattern of Serbia with a special emphasis on migration after war events evoked by splitting of former Yugoslavia in the 90's. It researches age structure of refugees and internally displaced persons and mainly their influence on demographic growth of Serbia and analyses their dependence of their location on chosen geographical and economical indicators. It will also show the situation of refugees in the new millennium considering their repatriation or naturalization. The last part finds out, if there is a noticeable amount of refugee population living in temporary conditions and how works the cooperation between the state and organizations, which are supposed to reduce number of refugees and internally displaced persons. Key words: changes, regional pattern, settlement system, migration, war splitting of Yugoslavia
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Land grabbing in developing countries
Hučík, Jakub ; Novotný, Josef (advisor) ; Vrtiška, Tomáš Josef (referee)
The objective of this study is to give a summary of today's knowledge and information about land grabbing thus about large land acuisitions for agricultural purposes, especially in the developing countries. These investments are led by various reasons, the main reason being economical profit. The most obvious and the most visible impacts fall mainly on poor local residents but also on country's economical development or environment. Besides causes and effects I looked at the total extent of land grabbing as shown by different statistics. In the last chapter I depicted land grabbing on an example of a particular country, namely Mozambique. Especially a possible extent of those land acqusitions and specific effects on population of this country.
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Oil Sands Mining in Alberta: Economic and Environmental Connections
Fraindová, Kateřina ; Jeleček, Leoš (advisor) ; Vrtiška, Tomáš Josef (referee)
Bituminous sands currently represent a real energy source that could temporarily replace already consumed part conventional sources of crude oil, which decrease. Acquisition of such strategic minerals is much more difficult both economically and technologically and represents a considerable negative impact on the environment. This paper first introduces general characteristics and problems of the crude oil extraction. Briefly describes different types of mining technologies that are used or are under development. Then focuses on an overall assessment of production in terms of economic and environmental aspects. The work focuses on the assessment of positive and negative impacts both on the economy of Canada and the environment, especially in the area of mining in Alberta. Key words: oil sands, economy of mining, environmental impacts, Canada, Alberta
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