— As shown in Fig. 1, the far areas in the north-east side are mining and quarrying activities, which are around 1–5 km from the air quality monitoring station that agrees with this bivariate ...
QUARRYING ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED ON AND NEAR A RIVER BED BY USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA Orkan Ozcan1,*, Nebiye Musaoglu2 and Dursun Zafer Seker2
The study sites are quarrying industry purposively chosen, since they are the biggest quarry areas, from the approved quarry establishment provided by the Isabela Provincial Environment and ...
socio-economic activities of people. Therefore, the study was undertaken to assess and socio- environmental economic impacts of quarrying. It also endeavors to explore the livelihood outcomes realized by the stone workers and local community as a result of stone quarrying activities. The study was a descriptive type of research, which
— Quarrying activities in the area were perceived to have both positive and negative impacts on the livelihood of people and the environment. Some of the most serious environmental problems were ...
— The Environmental Protection Agency guide in respect of quarrying activities stipulates that the noise levels permitted under law by the companies must not exceed 55 decibels and 48 decibels during the day and night respectively. The survey revealed that the quarrying companies are adhering strictly to this directive from the Environmental ...
— The findings of this study indicated some fundamental facts; quarrying is a basic supporter of local economy where exist, furthermore, regarding as a short-term activity with permanent impacts ...
— Mining and quarrying provide the basic raw materials for sustaining human well-being and are critical for achieving economic developments. At the same time, environmental degradation and its associated social impacts and inequalities have become a grave reality of mining sector that affects all nations, individually and/or collectively. …
Quarrying is an activity where stones are dug for the purpose of being used in building, making roads through cutting, digging or blasting. Quarrying is a huge supporter of local economic development: as the use of extracted material enhances trade, creating jobs for most people who depend on this for their livelihoods aside from other economic activities.
Quarrying activities around Embakasi area in Nairobi have been going on since the 1950s when the place was sparsely inhabited. Today, the population of Embakasi area has grown tremendously and there is stiff competition between various land use practices in the area. Moreover, new residential areas have sprouted throughout the
— Therefore, this study explores and assesses granite quarrying and its impacts on communities within which granite quarrying activities takes place. The focus is on granite quarrying in Edo North ...
— The disposal of the huge amount of wastes from aggregate quarry (WAQ) is one adverse environmental effects of quarrying activities. Finding useful application of this solid waste, specifically as ...
— Moreover, 45% of the area residents and 44% of the quarry workers have experienced health problems related to quarrying activities. Nevertheless, there was a significant relationship between quarrying activities and the environmental as well as human health problems in the area (p<0.05). The positive impacts identified are; employment, …
— The impact of quarrying activities on surrounding land use (within a 500 m buffer zone) was studied by selecting the Veliyam quarry in the Kollam district for 2002 and 2020. The soil types of the study area were mapped using the soil map from the ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Landuse Planning.
— The quarry lifecycle was divided into six main activities, or stages, based on the 171 reviewed papers: exploration & planning (33 studies), extraction (46 studies), processing (29 studies), transportation (7 studies), waste management (5 studies), and site closure (29 studies).
sponsoring organization of the tread way commission on quarrying activities. Quarries are generally used for extracting construction materials, such as dimension stone, ornamental stones and road, building and industrial raw materials. A quarry is a type of open-pit surface mining from which rock
— Quarry resources refer to any common rock or other mineral substances as the Director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau may declare to be quarry resources such as granite, limestone, and marble among others. A person may be allowed to extract and utilize quarry resources on public or private lands through the issuance of a quarry permit.
— of increase in quarrying activities during the past years can easily be seen on these agricultural lands. From 2007 to 2016, around 71.36 hectares of a gricultural land has been degraded due to
— However, quarrying activities have a negative effect on the surrounding towns, the environment, and the health and safety of the workers and residents of the quarries such as landscape degradation, …
— Quarrying activities in the country comprises extractive activities for building materials such as limestone for cement manufacturing, as well as gravel and sand, known as aggregates.
— A quarry is a place where rocks, sand, or minerals are extracted from the surface of Earth. A quarry is a type of mine called an …
— The review identified nine areas where quarry activities in the technosphere interact with the environment to form an environmental aspect that can lead to impact: noise, vibration, aesthetics, geomorphology, toxic substances, air, water, land use, and natural resources which can be seen in Table 1 along with the number of references …
— Quarrying activities in Narok Town ward have played an important role in the economic development and infrastructural development, however it has brought about negative social issues such as a ...
— Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land degradation, land subsidence and landslides, water pollution, occupational...
— Mining and quarrying for minor minerals impart significant economic, environmental and social impacts in and around the affected areas. The problem is severe in the small river catchments as the …
— Quarrying activities in Narok Town ward have played an important role in the economic development and infrastructural development, however it has brought about negative social issues such …
— A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. The end product materials from the quarries include marble, gravel, granite, dimension stone and limestone which are ...
— Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary activities. Tertiary activities are again classified into quaternary and quinary activities. ... It, thus includes hunting and gathering, pastoral activities, fishing, forestry, agriculture, and mining and quarrying. People engaged in primary activities are called red ...
— This study was carried out in quarry site at Ogbere town located at Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State; with main aim of assessing the impact of the quarry activity on bio-diversity ...
The impacts from quarrying activities on the health of the people are quite significant as blasting vibrations have also resulted in cracks in several buildings exposing the occupants to danger. Other potential quarrying effects which are of concern to environmentalists include biodiversity loss, land degradation, nuisance effects, reduced ...
— The study of natural resources in the earth sciences focuses on the sustainable management of valuable materials like dimension stones. the quarrying of dimension stones is associated with ...
