In this study, we explored the effect of transplanting soil and plant litter on plant and soil biota communities in an already afforested limestone quarry.
Stone crushing and quarrying activities have considerable effects on environmental quality and human health. Present study was conducted to assess environmental perspectives of various stone ...
Due to data and resource limitations, the impact study of quarrying was limited to examination of ten quarry sites. All ten sites examined are located in Naga, a town in the southernmost portion of Metro Cebu and the place from which most of the landfill material for the CSRP was sourced.
The Lake District is famous for its ribbon lakes and mountains. The region contains numerous examples of corries, tarns and arêtes. The mountain Helvellyn is home to several glacial landforms. The first is Striding Edge, the narrow knife-edged ridge or arête. Striding Edge, an arete in the Lake District. The second is Red Tarn, a lake formed ...
A biocenotic analysis of Orthoptera communities serves as a special case study to illustrate the patch-scale relationships between biotic and abiotic components of the quarry.
This unpublished précis catalogs the environmental impacts commonly associated with mining and quarrying and notes opportunities for increasingly responsible attitudes to the environmental ...
The research investigated the effect of quarrying activities on water and soil quality in two communities of Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Water and soil pollution that has affected soil fertility neces...
In this study, we propose an ES modeling tool that integrates lake physics, ecology and service provisioning into a holistic modeling framework. We applied this model to a Dutch quarry lake, to evaluate how nine ESs respond to technological-based (phosphorus (P) reduction) and nature-based measures (wetland restoration).
Environmental exposure to dust from quarrying activities could pose health dangers to the population living nearby. This study aimed to investigate the health effects of dust exposure on people living close to quarry sites and compared them with those ...
Quarrying activities and rock extraction generally cause several environmental effects on the surrounding areas.
The dark side of this stone industry is the unsustainable practices used in quarrying and the huge amounts of waste generated every year. These wastes are dumped unsafely, eventually affecting the local environment and health of the quarry workers and nearby local residents.
The changes in water quality are clear from the physio-chemical properties of the lake waters. While transparency and dissolved oxygen in the lake have decreased drastically during the last 40 years, the concentration of harmful substances like phosphates, nitrates, and chlorides has increased. The hardness of water has also …
The article, through the support of some emblematic case studies, describes some procedural lines of intervention that outline new strategies for the re-use and recovery of quarry landscapes.
Stone crushing and quarrying activities have considerable effects on environmental quality and human health. Present study was conducted to assess environmental perspectives of various stone ...
Stringent health and safety regulations can offset some of the negative health impacts that quarrying limestone may cause, but not all of them. Inhaling the dust from a limestone quarry is known to cause …
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 …
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After time series analysis, an extensive site survey was also done to check and verify different quarrying and dumping practices in the study area and their effect on the environment.
In recent years, many studies have been conducted in the mining/quarrying sectors to understand the environmental consequences of the activity. However, studies on the extraction of minor minerals, …
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 within the unexploited site. The methods used for fauna survey are both direct and indirect by line-transect, while analysis of Mueller-Dombois and …
Quarrying is an important industry, and as the demands for limestone increase, quarrying has become concentrated in several deep quarries in karst areas which have enormous effects on the landscapes.
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 values were dust (4.89), and noise (4.86) pollution, unproductive wastelands (4.74), property damage (4.67), diversion of rivers stream and farming ...
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 ...
study area are against quarrying due to the adverse effects of this to the environment as well as human beings. The major problems have been found in the quarry area of the study area are shortage of water, and pollutions of air, w
While quarries can cause significant impact to the environment, with the right planning and management, many of the negative effects can be minimised or controlled and in many cases, there is great opportunity to protect and enhance the environment, such as with the translocation of existing habitats or the creation of new ones.
The biggest challenge faced in stone quarrying was the effect on human health while the least was seasonality of quarrying activities. Findings indicated that there was a strong positive relationship between the challenges of stone quarrying activities and the negative impacts that come as a result of stone quarrying.
The main focus of the study is to identify the effect of quarrying activity to the environment with emphasis to Bwari Area Council District. The study intends to find out if the problems experienced in other areas where quarrying is …
We have carried out an assessment on the environmental effects of limestone quarrying on some com-munities in the Lower Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region of Ghana.
Abstract:This project evaluates the effects of quarrying of granite rock in Ebenezer quarry on the environment. The objectives of the study were achieved through samples collected from the study area.
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of stone quarry activities and seasonal variation on the concentration of
Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case study ...
Table 10: Problem faced by the quarrying companies - "Effects of quarrying activities on the environment in Nairobi county: a case study of Embakasi district."
Following the potentially negative environmental effects of quarrying, a number of extenuation measures including warning signals, watering trucks, timing restriction of activities and environmental awareness and sensitization programmes among others are being implemented to decrease the adverse impact of quarrying.
The proposed Akosombo Quarry site is located within th e Asuogyaman District of the Eastern. region of Ghana, approximately 1.5km from the village of Sedorm. The concession is estimated. to cover ...
A case study from the Bijolia quarrying area in Rajasthan, India, provides some sensational revelations of the impact of mining on the human ecosystem.
The results of this study indicate that wastewater which has been treated to remove suspended solids causes minimal adverse effects on ambient water quality. However, untreated wastewater from this industry, in spite of the beneficial effects due to its chemical composition, can cause substantial adverse physical effects which are due to siltation.
