Abstract and Figures. 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 ...

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.

Quarrying activities lead to an enormous change in the local environment by stripping topsoil, destroying vegetation, altering physio-chemical properties of soil and disturbing nearby ecosystems, which directly dilapidates the existing landscape and environment …

As a result, quarries can pollute both surface water and groundwater. Research found there was a higher concentration of fluoride in the water in Indian villages near or within limestone and sandstone quarries. Quarrying can also release heavy metals and sulfate minerals. In drinking water, these substances can be harmful to both animals and ...

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; dust pollution (82%), noise (76%), land degradation (74%), …

An introduction into the anthropogenic geomorphological significance of stone quarrying is followed by case studies on major landscape transformation resulting from the mining of other minerals.

Abstract This paper highlights the effects and impacts of quarrying on Forest Land, with Mwache Forest, located in the Kwale County, whose land use is defined as conservation –as the study case.

The presence of a quarry lake can affect the local hydrological balance due to a high evaporation in the quarry.At last, the working activities connected to aggregate exploitation cause the...

A total of 10 quarrying and stone cutting locations and a village near the quarrying area (village near locations 6 and 7 in Fig. 5.2, village name: "Shiv sarnonkidhani") were visited for the health survey and survey of living conditions. For site survey and quarrying impact analysis, Google Earth Pro was used to obtain satellite …

The study was conducted to establish the effects of quarrying on the environment using Tala, Machakos district as the case study in Kenya. Machakos district is found in the Eastern province of Kenya. It was intended to establish the extent to which quarrying has affected the environment in Tala. To examine what are the causes of quarrying and ...

This, in turn, imposes severe damages to the physical and biological environments of these river systems. The present paper deals with the environmental effects of indiscriminate sand mining from the small catchment rivers in the southwest coast of India, taking the case of the rivers draining the Vembanad lake catchments as an …

The study concludes that the LULC changes due to quarries were drastic and the high frequency values found near quarry locations to be one of the triggering factors for landslides in the region.

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.

Stone quarrying and its effects on water resources. ... Ukpong E.C. Environmental and Social Impacts of Stone Quarrying-A case study of Kolhapur district, International Journal of Current Research ...

Stone quarrying has negative health effect on the inhabitants of the area (Bewiadzi et al. 2018). Environmental degradation such as water, soil, and noise pollution are associated with mining ...

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Chapter: Quarry rehabilitation: a case study; Publisher: WIT Press; Editors: Y. Villacampa, C:A.Brebbia, L.J. Usó ... The after effects of quarrying activities in the mediterranean regions, that ...

The low population density means fewer people oppose the noise and transport issues that quarrying brings. Use the images below to explore related GeoTopics. Economic activities in glaciated upland areas - find out about the economic activities that occur in glaciated upland areas, including forestry, tourism & quarrying.

Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers and Local Residents: A Case Study of Keru, Jodhpur, India March 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29643-8_5

Land Use Effects on Water Quality. The WAWSC monitors and conducts research on how different types and intensities of land use, like urbanization, forestry and agriculture, affect water quality, as well as the effectiveness of measures designed to …

The unplanned and unscientific quarrying activities in the Shimla district give rise to unstable condition of slopes, recurring creep, landslides, vegetation depletion, health and environmental problems. Evidences indicate that quarrying is mainly for construction purposes. An attempt has been made to study the performed environment impact of ...

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. Water quality can be compromised due to quarry runoff, which can contain suspended solids and chemicals …

The quarry sites were chosen purposively considering it to be the biggest and abandoned quarry sites in the province. 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 ...

The specific objectives were to (1) assess the visual impact of quarries and CDW dumpsites at the landscape level and (2) investigate the effect of land conversion to quarries and CDW dumpsites on ...

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Investigating the effects of inflow river water quality on lake nutrient-concentration variations: a case study in Gehu Lake, China" by Ming-Jun Gao et al.

This paper presents the results of bathymetric measurements of quarry lakes located in inactive granite quarries (Poland, Lower Silesia, County Strzelin), which were used, among other reasons, to determine the surface area, depth, and volume of …

This study tried to identify the environmental effects of quarrying in the identified quarry sites of Region 1 chosen at random, specifically at a geologic perspective. It further tried to discover the socio-economic benefits they provided to the residents of adjacent and nearby barangays within the provinces of locos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, …

This paper presents the results of bathymetric measurements of quarry lakes located in inactive granite quarries (Poland, Lower Silesia, County Strzelin), which were used, among other reasons, to determine the surface area, depth, and volume of water retained in the analysed quarry lakes. The usability of water in quarry lakes for …

The study concluded that quarrying practices affect the environment in Tala that is soil erosion, water siltation, loss of vegetation and animals. The study recommended that permission to extract stones from quarries should be restricted by the government and NEMA. Sensitize the community about the effects of quarrying through media or by ...

Quarries investigated were mainly devoted to building material (tufa) extraction and, to a lesser extent, to aggregates one. Quarrying techniques involved digging beneath land surface with depths varying from a maximum of 30 m to a minimum of 6 m and, in every investigated case, falling into the category of "pit" quarries (Gisotti 2008).

Successful quarry rehabilitation and biodiversity management plans bring benefits for operating companies. The license to operate for both the industry and for individual companies is dependent on ensuring that land used for quarrying purposes is rehabilitated in an effective and responsible manner, considering the socio-economic

Eshiwani, Florence, 2014, EFFECTS OF QUARRYING ACTI VITIES ON . THE ENVIRONMENT IN NAIROBI ... The cases where financial effects appear important can be further split according to whether they ...

Quarrying is a short-term activity with long term effects it comes along with the promises of wealth and jobs but it brings high environmental costs. The main aim of the study was to unearth impacts that quarrying activities has on health of the quarry workers and people living next to the quarries as well as physical environment.

The. elevation of Burdur Lake, which was measured as. 857.62 meters in May 1970, d ecreased to 837.6 8. meters in October 2022 in the inter vening 52 years, and decreased to 19.94 meters. In 52 ...

the complexities of cause and effects of human activities in karst. Although a relationship between environmental damage and quarrying of carbonate rock has been well doc-umented for over fi fty years (Foose, 1953), there are only a few reports that include major discussions of the environmental impacts of quarrying in karst. These reports include

In our case it is due to the method used in the mining and the closeness of the quarries to the effects can be experienced in different parts of the country. 2.3 Effects of quarrying in different parts of the world Rock quarrying and stone crushing is a global phenomenon, and has been the cause of concern everywhere in the world, including the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quarrying activities has been regarded as one of the informal activities which has the potential of contributing to the development and economies of communities where ever the quarry companies are ...

cases that successfully transformed resource-depleted quarries into commercial and residential communities, and will discuss how further to improve future redevelopment of quarries with greater consideration to environmental impact and biodiversity.