People and Post-Mining Environments: PPGIS Mapping of Landscape Values, Knowledge Needs, and Future Perspectives in Northern Finland

• Published in: Land
• Main Authors: Sonja Kivinen, Kaarina Vartiainen, Timo Kumpula
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: environmental impact; land use; landscape; local stakeholders; metal mines; mine reopening; northern Finland; post-mining; public participation GIS; values; Agriculture; S; Rautuvaara; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/land7040151; https://doaj.org/article/9fd989cc08f649fbb4441bdf26b43bc2

Mining can have a notable environmental and social footprint both during the production phase and after the mine closure. We examined local stakeholders’ viewpoints on two post-mining areas in northern Finland, Hannukainen and Rautuvaara, using a public participation geographic information system (P...