Table 3 Estimated global population thresholds of the mine-town systems in Inventory I impacted by total coal phase-out, partial development of known ETMs (Inventory II) and bringing all available ETM projects into operation (Inventory III)
From: Decarbonization, population disruption and resource inventories in the global energy transition
Settlement level | Population thresholds | Mine-town systems linked to Inventory I | Mine-town systems linked to Inventory II | Mine-town systems linked to Inventory III | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct impact | Indirect impact | Direct impact | Indirect impact | Direct impact | Indirect impact | ||
Rural town | 500–5000 | 678,500–6,785,000 | 1,365,000–13,650,000 | 2,944,000–29,440,000 | |||
Urban town | 5001–50,000 | 1,190,238–11,900,000 | 2,395,479–23,950,000 | 1,875,375–18,750,000 | 5,301,060–53,000,000 | 3,810,762–38,100,000 | 9,001,800–90,000,000 |
Regional city | >50,000 | >9,250,185 | >20,000,400 | >5,550,111 | >55,951,119 | >13,350,267 | >86,551,731 |
Population affected | >11,118,923 | >22,395,879 | >8,790,486 | >61,252,179 | >20,105,029 | >95,553,531 | |
