THE FUNCTIONAL POTENCIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDSCAPE AFFECTED BY THE EXTRACTION OF RAW MATERIALS.

The article analyses the basic issues of procedural methods for evaluating the environment affected by the exploitation of mineral resources in the Czech Republic. The areas that were affected by the industrial activities in the past and are not used currently are called Brownfields. These areas create the side effects called externalities from their very beginning. The first part explicates the basic views of the methods of assessment and evaluation of the environment and related negative and positive externalities incurred. Another part of this paper assesses the affected area using two methodical manners. The first manner is the commonly used called Hessian method and the second is new proposed methodical manner so-called FUPO “The Functional Potential assessment and resultant externality in the industries areas” which has been created in VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]