Spain's greatest and most recent mine disaster

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ID3897945
AuthorsFlor Ma Guerrero, Flor Guerrero (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Macarena Lozano-Oyola (0000-0002-3558-8823, Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Macarena Lozano, José M Rueda‐cantuche (0000-0002-7568-9119, Joint Research Center)
Year2008
Volume32
Issue1
Pages19-40
Publication date2008-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01025.x
PMID18217916
OpenAlexW1991834840
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

On 25 April 1998, the mineral waste retaining wall at the Swedish-owned pyrite mine at Aznalcóllar (Seville, Spain) burst,2causing the most harmful environmental and socio-economic disaster in the history of the River Guadiamar basin. The damage was so great that the regional government decided in May 1998 to finance a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research initiative with the objective of eradicating or at least minimising all of the negative social, economic and environmental impacts. This paper utilises a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis to identify eight strategic measures aimed at providing policymakers with key guidelines on implementing a sustainable development model, in a broad sense. Empirical evidence, though, reveals that, to date, major efforts to tackle the negative impacts have centred on environmental concerns and that the socio-economic consequences have not been completely mitigated

Business · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Geography · Government (linguistics · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Strengths and weaknesses · Sustainable development · SWOT Analysis · Engineering · Facility Location and Emergency Management · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Strategic Planning and Analysis

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