Sand Mining

Environmental Impacts and Selected Case Studies

D. Padmalal, K. Maya (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0078-6 (ISBN)

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This book addresses most of the environmental impacts of sand mining from small rivers The problems and solutions addressed in this book are applicable to all rivers that drain through densely populated tropical coasts undergoing rapid economic growth. Many rivers in the world are drastically being altered to levels often beyond their natural resilience capability. Among the different types of human interventions, mining of sand and gravel is the most disastrous one, as the activity threatens the very existence of river ecosystem. A better understanding of sand budget is necessary if the problems of river and coastal environments are to be solved.

Dr. D. Padmalal is a research scientist at the Centre for Earth Science Studies (Trivandrum, Kerala, India). He is an expert in Quaternary Geology and Environmental Geology and has been studying sand mining and related environmental problems for almost 20 years. Dr. K. Maya is a research scientist at the Centre for Earth Science Studies (Trivandrum, Kerala, India). She is an expert in River Basin Studies and River Management & Restoration. She has been working in these fields for almost 15 years.

Introduction.- Rivers - Structure and Functions.- River Sand Mining and Mining Methods.- Impacts of River Sand Mining.- Sand Mining -The World Scenario.- Environmental Case Studies from SW India.- EIA of River Sand Mining.- Mining Strategies and Management.- River Sand Auditing - An Example from SW India.- Sand - The Fine Aggregate.- Sources of Sand and Conservation.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science and Engineering
Zusatzinfo	48 Illustrations, color; 20 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 162 p. 68 illus., 48 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	94-024-0078-8 / 9402400788
ISBN-13	978-94-024-0078-6 / 9789402400786
Zustand	Neuware