Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying activities …
— At Umuoghara and environs, dust pollution is a major consideration consequent upon Quarry activities. Exposure to these particles may link to increased hospital admissions. This will eventually ...
Environmental impact of quarrying of building …
— 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 …
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) of hard rock quarrying …
— It is to be noted that quarrying activities are severe in areas close to the urban development centres of Mangalore and Batwal (Table 3). Spatial analysis reveals that > 70% (4.99 million metric tons/year) of the extracted rocks are from these two local bodies alone, which cover < 18% of the entire study area (Table 3). Mangalore, the port city ...
Quarrying
Coastal mining and quarrying are some of the major activities for removing sediments that cause an adverse impact on the diversity of coastal ecosystems (Kasperson and Kasperson, 2001; Kaliraj et al., 2014).Landsat ETM+ and OLI images were used to estimate the areal extent of sites encroached for mining and quarrying in the South Indian coastline.
Characterising particulate matter source contributions in …
— 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 ...
Environmental Impacts of Sandstone Quarrying and Its …
— 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
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS OF QUARRYING …
QUARRYING ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED ON AND NEAR A RIVER BED BY USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA Orkan Ozcan1,*, Nebiye Musaoglu2 and Dursun Zafer Seker2
Participatory Roles of Women in Quarrying Activities in …
— Participatory Roles of Women in Quarrying Activities in Abeokuta Metropolis . By Gbadebo, A.M, Kehinde, I.A. & Adedeji, O.H. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Abstract - Population increase coupled with the rise in demand for construction materials like granite and gravel have necessitated the continued growth of quarry activities in and ...
Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an Environmental Ethic …
— Research shows that open mining has a devastating negative impact on the surrounding environment situated nearer the quarry. Activities that are performed result in ecological destruction, destroying natural habitats. Heavy metals are well-known industrial pollutants and have a toxic effect on animals and plants.
Participatory Roles of Women in Quarrying Activities in Abeokuta Metropolis
In Ogun State of Nigeria, most quarry activities (blasting and crushing of rocks) are carried out in the rural areas where labourers (mostly poor and unskilled women and children) are engaged in hard labour that pays pittance and is often dangerous to their health. The women and in some cases underage children mostly from the neighbouring Benin ...
Effects of Quarry Activities on some Selected …
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 …
Bio-Physical and Socio-Economic Effects of Quarrying Activities …
Quarrying activities led to loss of habitats which threatens biodiversity aesthetics and dust emission led respiratory diseases and air pollution. Very large holes left after quarrying activities were a danger for children and animals. Finally, the crushing of boulders produced a lot of noise which is seen as noise pollution for the communities ...
Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an …
— 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, …
Effects of Quarry Activities on some Selected Communities …
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 ...
BIO-PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF QUARRYING ACTIVITIES …
— 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 ...
Impacts of Mining and Quarrying Activities in the …
— In the hilly terrain, mining activities or quarrying of upper surface leads to rise in natural hazards such as landslides and flash floods resulting in washing away whatever comes to its path. The soils and upper surface of Himalayas are prone to …
Characterizing the Effects of Quarrying Industry in Northern
— 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 ...
The Impact of Quarrying: Cause and Effect
— These activities release greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change. Noise Pollution from quarrying. Unfortunately, quarrying involves several activities that generate significant amounts of noise. It starts with the preparatory activities, such as establishing road or rail access, compound and even mineral processing facilities.
Effects of quarrying activities on the environment in …
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.
Sectors of Economy: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary …
— 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 ...
Quarry
— 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 environmental impact of extraction: A holistic review of the quarry
— 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 …
Assessment of Environmental and Socio-Economic …
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
Characterizing the Effects of Quarrying Industry in …
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 ...
Quarry | Rock Extraction, Blasting & Crushing
— Quarry, place where dimension stone or aggregate (sand, gravel, crushed rock) is mined. The products of dimension stone quarries are prismatic blocks of rock such as marble, granite, limestone, …
Impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and …
— 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 ...
(PDF) AN ASSESSMENT OF GRANITE QUARRYING IMPACT …
— 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 ...
Assessment of Quarrying Impacts …
— 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 ...
Thousands of stone quarries in Kerala are adding to …
Despite this, the government has made controversial decisions regarding quarrying activities, such as excluding 4,000 square kilometres of land from a law banning quarrying in ecologically ...
Environmental impact assessment of laterite quarrying from …
— 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. …
Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and the Livelihood …
— 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 ...
Impacts of rock quarrying on land use and soil environment …
— 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.
Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone …
— 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 …
QUARRY PERMIT UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OR THE …
— 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.