Economic transition away from dependence on coal mining can be difficult and costly but can yield significant medium-term gains. As nations move away from coal production and coal-based energy generation, the transition creates short-term economic disruption to coal communities, notably through job losses and severe economic recession. In the medium term, however, transition can generate ‘winners’, both locally and in other regions. Displaced coal...
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Socioeconomic Transition in the Appalachia Coal Region : Some Factors of Success
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Lobao, Linda; Partridge, Mark; Hean, Oudom; Kelly, Paige; Chung, Seung-hun; Ruppert Bulmer,Elizabeth N..
Socioeconomic Transition in the Appalachia Coal Region : Some Factors of Success (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/531201635134585522