Limestone quarries and their env ironmental impact. PETER GATT. Department of Geology, Cornell University, NY, USA. e-mail: mepcons@hotmail. The quarry indust ry of many countries …
Quarry activities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, have had a devastating impact on the environment, with the explosive explosion of rocks causing air pollution, water pollution, biodiversity damage, and man-made environmental degradation that negatively impacts the environment of a specific area through unfinished or abandoned pits that …
Mining and quarrying can be very destructive to the environment. They have a direct impact on the countryside by leaving pits and heaps of waste material. The extraction processes can also ...
A binary logistic regression model was done to identify the independent variables of communities unaware of the impacts of stone quarrying. 62.7% and 57.38% of the surveyed s had aware of ...
1. Study of the life cycle impac t of limestone quarr ying on the. environment in Algeria. Abstract: In this paper, a life cycle analysis (LCA) model from '' cradle-to-gate'' of one ton of ...
An assessment of the impacts of quarrying using the rapid impact assessment matrix (RIAM) reveals marginal, short-term positive impacts in economic-operational components but major negative ...
environment. Specifically, the study examined the effects of quarrying activities on the natural and human environments. The findings showed that regardless of the important role that quarrying activities played in the economic growth; it resulted into negative effects to the environment such as land degradation.
The objective of this study is to determine QRD's environmental implications through carbon footprint analysis. To achieve this, the research utilizes one of the very few case studies of Barbados Quarry site that produces more than 35,000 tons of aggregates per month and 500,000 tons of QRD is produced as a by-product.
To obtain a deeper understanding of the adverse impact on the environment and the quality of life of the people living in the community around the quarry, we …
Environmental and Social Impacts of Stone Quarrying – a Case Study of Kolhapur District. International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 6, Issue 03, pp-5669. ISSN:0975-833X Nene, N. J. (2011). Assessment of the Effects of Quarrying Activities on Some Selected Communities in the Lower Manya Krobo District. University of Ghana.
RESULTS Environmental Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District Our study revealed that stone quarrying in Tororo district has caused both costs and benefits, but on a balance, the environmental impacts/costs outweighed the benefits. These were summarized in Table 1 and displayed visually in Figure 2.
Locally there are different environmental impacts due to the quarry sites of aggregates; the major impacts are summarized in the following section. 3.1 Impact on landscape and land stability Stripping, excavating, damping of the overburden soil, drilling, and blasting of the rocks are the serious causes of soil erosion due to the quarry sites.
The most obv ious engineering impact of quarrying is a chan ge. in topography and conversion of land use, with the associate d change in the visual scene. This major impact may be accompanied. by ...
The investigation yielded that among the five quarry sites, the social and environmental effects of the gravel and sand quarrying operations which the respondents strongly agree with their mean ...
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 effective area available for assimilating negative impacts of the activity is minimal, compared to large river basins. To address these …
Quarries are temporary, but their environmental impacts are forever. Quarries are created by removing topsoil, followed by drilling and blasting to extract minerals and sedimentary rocks. Roads and other facilities are also created to support mining operations, such as transport. Every stage of a quarry's life cycle comes at an …
Furthermore, similar findings of dust water pollution in quarry communities are reported by Mbuyi (2017) during a study on assessment of Environmental Impacts of Quarry operations in Ogun State ...
Nov 9, 2020. Construction Research Congress 2020. Environmental Implications of Quarry Rock Dust: A Sustainable Alternative Material to Sand in Concrete. Authors: …
Arjen Y. Hoekstra, in Assessing and Measuring Environmental Impact and Sustainability, 2015. Mining and quarrying. Mining is the process of extracting buried material below the earth surface. Quarrying refers to extracting materials directly from the surface.
Quarries do contribute to climate change. The carbon footprint of a quarry varies based on what is being mined. Quarries release greenhousegasses. They also contribute to climate change because they are energy-intensive … See more
The future demand for land for mining and quarrying will be affected by a large number of economic, technological, environmental and social issues within the UK. Global developments also have a role to play. Although mining and quarrying account for only 0.9 per cent of the land area of England, the impact of this activity is considerable.
operations. These environmental impacts will becomes as a major threat to the residents of the quarrying sectors with various health diseases. 2. Objectives of the study and Methodology The main objectives of the study are: 1. To examine the environmental and health impacts of quarrying activities among the quarry workers in the study area. 2.
The economic impacts of quarrying include: Job creation in the quarrying industry. Economic boost from the sale of quarry materials. Infrastructure development due to increased demand for building materials. Potential negative impact on tourism and local businesses due to environmental degradation.
The scale and technical proficiency of the modern quarrying means that it can have a major, potentially destructive, impact on archaeological remains and can result in significant harm to the significance of nearby heritage assets. But quarrying also offers rare potential to deliver new knowledge about our historic environment.
Total seven representative quarry sites namely Top, Chipri, Borpadale, Abdullat, Kasaba Thane, Sangawade and Borawade were selected to study the environmental and social impacts of stone quarrying (Fig. 1). to know the local people perception about the impacts of quarrying was administered in the field during the study.
Quarrying can have a significant impact on the environment, for example: Quarrying can destroy natural habitats, disrupting the ecosystems that support various plant and animal species. The quarrying process often involves significant noise pollution and dust, which can affect the health of nearby residents and the overall quality of the air.
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 …
the environmental and health impacts of unsustainable quarrying practice is the first step. Remote sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are powerful tools for assessing the environmental impacts of various anthropogenic industrial activities. However, some preliminary knowledge is required to use RS and GIS tools.
The environmental impacts included vibrations, noise, cracks in buildings, dust-polluted air and water bodies, land degradation, migration of wildlife, as well as …
Areas that practice quarrying often experience challenges with the infrastructure since the quarry activities can destroy road patterns, causing more congestion and traffic on the roads, especially within small communities. The Bottom Line. Quarrying can harm the environment, although many of the negative effects can be controlled or managed.
the environmental and health impacts of unsust ainable quarrying practice is the first step. Remote sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are powerful tools for
The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, landscape alteration, hill cutting affecting local biodiversity, generation of unproductive wastelands, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone extraction, accidents and in some areas lowering of groundwater table.
Environmental effects of quarrying. A number of environmental effects associated with stone quarrying were identified in the host communities. Land degradation and loss of top soil. Quarrying has a negative environmental consequence on the natural environment by way of forest degradation and loss of fertile top soil (see Fig. 4). There …
Quarrying is very much part of the local heritage but most people in the area are only too well aware of the potentially negative impact of quarrying. However the industry has undergone tremendous changes especially over the last three decades and has sought to mitigate the worst impacts on the local community, but still fulfill the UK's demand ...
In this study, we investigated the impact of quarrying as an environmental ethical crisis. The need for the study arose when we realised the deteriorating effect of the quality of life in our community, which is located next to a limestone quarry. To obtain a deeper understanding of the adverse impact on the environment and the quality of life …
Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river such as vibra-tions, land degradation, land subsidence and landslides, water pollution, occupational ...
Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land …
Keywords--- Quarrying, Social Impact, Environmental Impact, Health-related Impact, Northern Philippines. I. Introduction Sustainable community reflects the interdependence of socio-economic and ...
Tailings often contain toxic materials and, when water runs off heaps of tailings into nearby fields and rivers, can. poison the soil and create water that is unfit for irrigation or human ...
Quarrying limestone is the process of removing this material from the ground. As with any quarrying process, there are certain pros and cons that must be evaluated. ... It is also easily accessible near the surface, which makes it possible for most quarries to have a minimal impact on the surrounding environment. At the same time, it …