Challenges facing the former mono-industrial communities: unemployment, Lack of investments – a study on Roşia Montană

• Authors: Bogdan-Nicolae Mucea

Title variants

PL

Wyzwania stojące przed byłymi społecznościami monoprzemysłowymi: bezrobocie, brak inwestycji – badanie na temat Roşia Montană

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł koncentruje się na przedstawieniu opinii mieszkańców rumuńskiej społeczności lokalnej Roşia Montană, stojącej przed wyzwaniami wynikającymi z zamknięcia inwestycji górniczej. W analizach skupiono się na największych wyzwaniach, przed którymi stoi ludność byłych gmin górniczych, a mianowicie wysokiej stopie bezrobocia i ubóstwie. Przypadek dawnej gminy górniczej Roşia Montană jest szczególnie interesujący, ponieważ inwestor (Roşia Montană Gold Corporation – RMGC) planował nowy projekt wydobywczy. Nowa inwestycja dałaby jednak zatrudnienie jedynie przez 20 lat. Problemy środowiskowe i protesty społeczeństwa obywatelskiego położyły kres temu projektowi, co spowodowało dodatkowe liczne zwolnienia pracujących przy uruchamianiu nowego projektu. Podstawę empiryczną artykułu stanowią dwie ankiety, pierwsza z nich zrealizowana w 2020 roku prezentująca opinie mieszkańców Roşia Montană, druga zrealizowana w 2015 roku odnosi się do opinii pracowników zamykanego przedsiębiorstwa wydobywczego. Wyniki wskazują, że plany zrównoważonego rozwoju powinny być dostosowane do potrzeb lokalnej społeczności. Studium przypadku Roşia Montană pokazuje, że inwestorzy wdrożyli strategie mające na celu poprawę sytuacji mieszkańców.

EN

The article aims to present the opinions of the inhabitants of the Romanian local community Roşia Montană, who are coping with challenges arising from the closure of mining investments. The analysis focuses on prevalent challenges affecting populations of former mining communities, namely high unemployment rate and poverty. The case of Roşia Montană, a former mining community, is noteworthy as a foreign investor (Roşia Montană Gold Corporation – RMGC) planned a new mining project. Nevertheless, the proposed investment would only create jobs for 20 years only and lacked solid plans for employment stability after the exploitation period. Environmental problems and civil society protests put an end to the project, resulting in an additional number of redundancies of people working on the launch of the new project. The study’s methodology involves two surveys which present the perspectives of the Roşia Montană community members on the current post-RMGC state of affairs (2020). Additionally, views obtained from ex-RMGC staff in 2015, a year after their dismissal, were considered. Presented considerations conclude that sustainable development plans should be adapted to the needs of the local population. The study on the case of Roşia Montană shows that investors implemented strategies to improve the locals’ situation.

Keywords

EN

unemployment; poverty; mono-industrial area; Roşia Montană; community investment

PL

bezrobocie; ubóstwo; obszar monoprzemysłowy; RoşiaMontană; inwestycja społeczna

• Publisher: Lubuskie Towarzystwo Naukowe
• Journal: Rocznik Lubuski
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 158-172

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Bogdan-Nicolae Mucea

• Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia

• https://orcid.org/0000000183806226

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34768/rl.2023.v492.09

Biblioteka Nauki

53277967