Abstract
Human actions over time have led to the degradation of the environment, of natural resources with major implications in urban centers. Destructive factors can affect urban communities, land, the environment as a whole – water and air. The European Union recognizes the strategic importance of urban regeneration whose dimension is increasingly relevant. The authors develop a subject of maximum economic but also social importance through an in-depth analysis of the effects of land degradation through mining operations on the existing built stock, respectively on buildings, underground networks, drinking water, etc.
An eloquent example is provided by urban communities in mining areas located at short distances from dangerous pollutants such as tailings dumps or underground galleries.
Even if the geotechnical research over time did not highlight areas with a natural risk of landslides, however, the exploitation of lignite deposits, as a whole, the mining works in the Motrulu valley - the areas where the analyzed constructions were inspected, led to landslides with adverse effects on the existing built environment.