Rewitalizacja obszarów przemysłowych Zespołu Miejskiego Górnośląskiego Okręgu Przemysłowego

Abstract

In the first part of the paper changes of anthropopression leading to decrease of harmful influence of industry on natural environment, during the last 10 years (1983 - 1993), have been presented. Dust and gas emission to the atmosphere was presented on the example of 15 cities; it was stated that emissions decreased by 8 and 10%. Different changes in the surface are strong and damaged areas cover about 26% of degraded surface of Poland. Important share in those changes has industry, mainly coal mining. The third strong element of anthropopression is water pollution and the greatest problem of dirty rivers is their salinity caused by waters from coal mines. In the second part of the paper reasons of decreasing anthropopression are presented. The author suggests that it is caused by technical and technological restructuralization. Closing up old dirty industries: coal mines, energetistics, cokeries, iron metallurgy, zinc mining and metallurgy was presented in details. The third part, which makes nearly half of the paper, presents the process of bringing back to life degreded post industrial areas. Revitalization of post industrial areas is at the very beginning in the central part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Centre. Management of degraded areas is the quickest within the coal mining and accompanying industries - mainly in sand exploitation which is used as a filling in coal mines. The author gives examples of such management and detaily characterizes the present state of areas brought back to life.