@article{ref1,
title="Spain's greatest and most recent mine disaster",
journal="Disasters",
year="2008",
author="Guerrero, Flor Ma and Lozano, M. Jr and Rueda-Cantuche, Jose M.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="19-40",
abstract="On 25 April 1998, the mineral waste retaining wall at the Swedish-owned pyrite mine at Aznalcallar (Seville, Spain) burst, causing the most harmful environmental and socio-economic disaster in the history of the River Guadiamar basin. The damage was so great that the regional government decided in May 1998 to finance a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research initiative with the objectiveof eradicating or at least minimising all of the negative social, economic and environmental impacts. This paper utilises a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis to identify eight strategic measures aimed at providing policymakers with key guidelines on implementing a sustainable development model, in a broad sense. Empirical evidence, though, reveals that, to date, major efforts to tackle the negative impacts have centred on environmental concerns and that the socio-economic consequences have not been completely mitigated.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01025.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01025.x"
}