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The increase in demand of building stones and construction-grade sand has resulted in aggressive hard rock quarrying in many parts of the world. The problems are to be evaluated in detail for the judicious use of resources on the one hand and ensuring health of the ecosystems on the other. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of hard rock …
Children around the world are routinely engaged in paid and unpaid forms of work that are not harmful to them. However, they are classified as child labourers when they are either too young to work or are involved in hazardous activities that may compromise their physical, mental, social or educational development. In the least developed countries, slightly more than one in five …
The present article is an attempt to appraise the importance of the stone quarrying in the village-level micro economy as well as to study the adverse effects of such destructive activities on nature.
world. But in the developing world such as Uganda, stone quarrying activities are seldom regulated leaving communities at risk ofpollution effects (Sen, 2012). In Navi Mumbai, India, 35 to 40 years ago, a huge tract ofmarsh and wetland was reclaimed with rubble got from digging and flattening the foothills ofthe neighbouring range.
According to the obtained results, it is highly recommended to develop green belt surroundings the quarrying using pollutant-tolerant trees (usually with broad leaves) in order to restrict ...
World War buildings are the Supreme Court Building and the ex-Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building. Also, the old Bank of China Building and the old Central Government Offices best represent post-Second World War buildings. Quarrying in Hong Kong is a traditional industry that is well established. Inevitably, the
developing countries. This is more so in rural and peri-urban areas where these two activities take place. Quarrying contributes to economic growth as it involves both genders in different parts of the world (Langer, 2001). Rapid change in building …
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world, including developed countries [1]. Quarry work is a necessity that provides many of the materials used in traditional laying, such as limestone, granite, mar-ble, slate, sandstone, and even clay, in order to produce ceramic tiles [2]. Quarrying has become critical in several developing countries, including Nigeria. Nigeria is endowed with
Introduction 1.1. Background of the Study. Environmental hazards resulting from quarrying activities dates back to 1890's (BGS, 2010). The main issues of concern include visual impairment, damage to landscapes, traffic, smoke, noise, dust, damage to caves, loss of land, and deterioration in water quality (Iqbal and Shafig, 2010; Mate, 2012; Montgomery, 2012).
45 per cent of the world's population are landless (Fellmann et al., 2005). This has compelled over 500 million people in developing countries to engage in occupations such as small-scale surface mining and quarrying for survival (Wang et al, 2010).
Mining regions are now often located in remote areas of north of Canada and Australia, and in developing countries in South America, Asia, and Africa, often with less stringent mining laws and weaker environmental regulations (Miranda et al. 1998; World Bank, 2002, 2017a). Mining impacts, including waste streams and social impacts, were ...
Minerals are essential ingredients of the Sustainable Development Goals, but in contrast to other natural resources, they are missing from the goals and targets. This …
Mining is one of the major economic activities in many developing nations, significantly contributing to economic growth and development (Ericsson and Löf 2019). ... and the results were compared ...
The relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action is far from being unambiguous. In the developing economies like Pakistan—having a traditional agrarian base, the task of ...
· The demand for metals, minerals, and mineral products rapidly increases due to the energy transition and urbanization.The world will need to mine 6 to 13 times more critical minerals for batteries and electric vehicles by 2040. · The World Bank is helping its clients countries harness the economic benefits of their mineral resources responsibly, minimize …
We face big challenges to help the world's poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set …
Approximately half of global karst landscapes are located in the developing world, where they play a critical part in water conservation and the maintenance of biodiversity and important but diverse roles in human activities such as forestry, water supply, agriculture, and tourism (Day 1993, 2007a, 2009).Similarly, the developing world contains some of the most …
tion in developing jurisdictions has generated numer-ous concerns by local, regional, national and ... thus focusing on only stone quarrying. The World Commission on Environment and development ...
The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions ...
World Journal of Social Science Research ISSN 2375-9747 (Print) ISSN 2332-5534 (Online) ... quarrying at Uwandani Ward in Pemba, Zanzibar. Specifically, the study examines i) the ... informal quarrying operations in order to put effective policies to develop the sector and address its
A quarry is an area from which resources such as marble, limestone, sand and granite are extracted for industrial use. Once depleted of their desired resources, quarries are frequently …
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It is estimated that some 4 million people in the whole world die each year from acute respiratory problems in developing countries, for the most part being aggravated by environmental pollution emanating from quarrying, sandblasting and emission of dangerous chemicals (Langer, 2001).
Unregulated sand mining has been documented in 70 countries across the globe, with associated conflicts related to ecological destruction, livelihood disruption and labour …
per cent of the world's population do not have access to land (Fellmann et al, 2005). This has compelled over 500 million people in developing countries to engage in occupations such as small-scale surface mining and quarrying for survival (Wang et al, 2010). In Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Latin
Stone quarrying is one of the key extractive economic activities in the Ashanti Region, supplying the bulk of stone of varying aggregates to the construction industry within the region and …
The present study aims to evaluate the impact of hard rock quarrying on one of the important twin - river basins in SW India, the Netravati–Gurpur river basin, which hosts the fast developing ...
17 Sweden, Norway 25 OSNET quarrying sector 5 Quarrying methods / techniques 5.1 General aspects – quarrying dimension-stone The first step in the quarrying process is to extract the primary block from the solid rock.
