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<p>Sustainability issues in mining regions of India are resolved by implementing a decision-making framework on design and implementation of sustainability programs. The guidelines framed by the international agencies are mostly focussing on formulation and implementation of sustainable development frameworks (SDFs) for the entire mining sector of a nation. As site specific mining, environmental and social sensitivities vary from mine to mine, sustainable development programs for mines should be executed at the micro level, that is, at the level of an individual mine unit. Sustainability programs should be planned on the basis of perceptions of the local people. Spatial decision-making framework is integrated with the site selection process where sustainability programs can be&#xa0;carried out. In this paper, a spatial framework is developed by incorporating Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy AHP, GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and need priorities of the local villagers. This spatial framework reveals that in a mining region the areas allocated, around&#xa0;a mine site,&#xa0;for agriculture, afforestation, waste dumping sites, and rehabilitation for are roughly 10%, 30%, 11%, and 29% of the buffer zone area (within a 10-km radius of the mining zone) respectively. There is a significant research need towards&#xa0;the design of spatial frameworks by integration of stakeholder perception, site suitability analysis, and removing ambiguity in stakeholder responses. This paper demonstrates an innovative strategy to fill this research gap.</p>

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Spatial framework for decision making on mining sustainability

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    2025年2月12日

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  • Sanniv Shome,
  • Surajit Chakraborty,
  • Suranjan Sinha

摘要

Sustainability issues in mining regions of India are resolved by implementing a decision-making framework on design and implementation of sustainability programs. The guidelines framed by the international agencies are mostly focussing on formulation and implementation of sustainable development frameworks (SDFs) for the entire mining sector of a nation. As site specific mining, environmental and social sensitivities vary from mine to mine, sustainable development programs for mines should be executed at the micro level, that is, at the level of an individual mine unit. Sustainability programs should be planned on the basis of perceptions of the local people. Spatial decision-making framework is integrated with the site selection process where sustainability programs can be carried out. In this paper, a spatial framework is developed by incorporating Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy AHP, GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and need priorities of the local villagers. This spatial framework reveals that in a mining region the areas allocated, around a mine site, for agriculture, afforestation, waste dumping sites, and rehabilitation for are roughly 10%, 30%, 11%, and 29% of the buffer zone area (within a 10-km radius of the mining zone) respectively. There is a significant research need towards the design of spatial frameworks by integration of stakeholder perception, site suitability analysis, and removing ambiguity in stakeholder responses. This paper demonstrates an innovative strategy to fill this research gap.