Study on Ecological Compensation for Coal Mining Activities Based on Economic Externalities

Sijing Feng, Daohan Wang, Xinlian Zhang

College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, China.

DOI: 10.4236/gep.2014.22021                

Abstract

The development and exploration mode of coal resource activities in China result in tremendous waste of resources and ecological environment pollution problems. This article analyzed the use of economic theory of externalities of coal mining activities from the point of environmental economics principles, proposed the ecological compensation connotation of coal mining activities, and analyzed the feasibility of the implementation of ecological compensation from economic viewpoint.

Keywords

Ecological Compensation; Economic Externalities; Coal Mining Activities

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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