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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Sand mining"”.
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The regulation of sand mining in South Africa
Sand, an important input to the construction industry, is extensively mined from the environment leading to depletion of the resource as well as damage to riparian habitat and the alteration of river beds and banks. Sand mining in South Africa is controlled by a complex regulatory system that can …
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Environmental governance of sand mining in an urban setting : Macassar Dunes, Cape Town, South Africa
Sand is a resource in high demand for urban expansion and development. Sand mining operations are often located on the edges of cities. The Macassar Dunes are an important source of building sand for the City of Cape Town. The area is located within the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest and richest …
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Restoration of Prime Farmland Disturbed by Mineral Sand Mining in the Upper Coastal Plain of Virginia
Economic deposits of heavy mineral sand were identified in the late 1980's under prime farmland along the Upper Coastal Plain of Virginia. Mining in Virginia will commence in 1997 on the Old Hickory Deposit in Dinwiddie/Sussex Counties. Experiments were established on two mine pits representing two …
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Sand mining challenges in the Western Cape: The case of the Tormin Mineral Sands and Maccsand Mining and Quarrying Mines
Mining, as a primary extractive activity, is characterised by arguably the most environmentally destructive operations worldwide. South Africa’s mining industry, which is an important economic driver, and its environmental footprints bear testimony of such direct and indirect destruction. In the …
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Dampak penambangan pasir besi terhadap perekonomian masyarakat di Desa Wotgalih Kec. Yosowilangun Kabupaten Lumajang: Perspektif hukum agraria dan fatwa Majelis Ulama Indonesia No 22 Tahun 2011
… di alokasikan untuk penambangan. ENGLISH: Mining is an activity or business venture in the field of natural resource multiplication. Mining activities can not be separated from the agrarian law, because the law is the basic law of agrarian laws which have the processing region of the body …
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The utilization of Dambos in Chipata: A case of Mwami border area
… have been turned into agricultural, grazing and sand mining areas. This result into the degradation of the dambo ecosystem.This study was undertaken in the dambos of Mwami border area of Chipata in the Eastern Province of Zambia as a case study. The main purpose of undertaking such a study was to …
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Sustainable Access Income through Metal Scrapers Collection and Sales for Industrial Recycling in Dar es Salaam
… do, is the engagement in concrete production sand mining as their basic activities and fishing which contribute to their household income for income poverty reduction. However, under this study there were four objectives which set to facilitate solving the problem, these are: Sensitize 60 …
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Regeneration through decay: Architectural prosthetic within the damaged coastline of the South African West Coast
… a perspectival shift. International large scale sand mining industries along the West Coast of South Africa resulted in collapsed dune and natural systems impacting the livelihoods of small dependent communities. Approved mining permits South of the sensitive Oifants River Estuary risks a …
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In/Between: Phillipi Photographed
… the pressures of development, industry, farming, sand mining and environmental issues. This photographic project investigates how the people of Philippi live in their immediate space, where particular historical, social and political influences mark their identities. These identities are …
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The Effect on the Durability Properties of Concrete of Partial Replacement of Natural Fine Aggregates with Recycled Concrete Fine Aggregates
… has led to excessive exploitation of natural sand resources for use in the construction industry. This excessive utilization has led to the depletion of natural sand resources; for instance, in countries such as India and Indonesia, sand mafia and destruction of beaches due to illegal sand …
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Assessing the impacts of riparian land use on gully development and sediment load : a case study of Nzhelele River Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… sediment load static model also assisted in determining how land use affects gully development and sediment load. For data analysis, the researcher used the following methods: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and statistical correlation methods. …
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Bottom boundary layer physics and sediment transport along a transgressive sand body, Ship Shoal, south-central Louisiana: implications for fluvial sediments and winter storms
Ship Shoal, a shore-parallel sand body, was recently recognized as having a unique physical and biological environment and also as a potential sand resource for coastal restoration in coastal Louisiana. Little is known regarding such dynamics, in concert with fluvial sediments and winter storms, …
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Steel Riders : a novel for young adult readers and, An hermeneutical examination of Steel Riders
… from the life of her peers in her home town of Sandon. This distancing of Bella allows her to observe the manners of the townspeople from the perspective of an outsider/insider. Bella's quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of her ex-boyfriend, Tallis McGuin, local Nyungah football hero who …
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Platinum Slag as Fine Aggregate in Concrete for Coastal Applications
… construction has intensified pressure on natural sand resources, with annual extraction estimated at approximately 50 billion tonnes. Extensive sand mining is linked to biodiversity loss, land degradation, and coastal erosion, impacts that are particularly acute in South Africa’s coastal regions, …
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The flow and sediment of the Mlalazi estuary in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
… impacts (e.g. flow abstraction/diversion, sand mining, soil erosion etc.). In South Africa, many of the anthropogenic impacts on estuarine systems are generally derived from subjective expert opinions that are not supported by hydrodynamic data (Rasifudi, 2019). River flow is one of the …
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Effects of sedimentation on water-linked sectors in the Lusitu river catchment in southern Zambia.
… practices were the major drivers of sediment. Sand mining was the least contributor. Geomorphic factors driving sedimentation of Lusitu River were gully erosion, loose soils (Leptosols), unstable riverbanks and weak sedimentary rock formations. There was large-scale siltation in the downstream …
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Effects of sedimentation on water-linked sectors in the Lusitu river catchment in southern Zambia.
… practices were the major drivers of sediment. Sand mining was the least contributor. Geomorphic factors driving sedimentation of Lusitu River were gully erosion, loose soils (Leptosols), unstable riverbanks and weak sedimentary rock formations. There was large-scale siltation in the downstream …
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The Vulnerability of the Coast of Liberia to Marine Oil Spills: Implications for Biodiversity and Renewable Natural Resource Utilization
… including estuaries, coastal lagoons, mangroves, sandy beaches and rocky shores, all of which are vulnerable to oil pollution to varying degrees. Mangroves, estuaries and coastal lagoons are important spawning, roosting and breeding sites for fish and other wildlife, whereas sandy beaches are used …
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Reduction of water and bed levels in the lower Waikato River
… Waikato River are composed of gravelly pumiceous sands. In terms of the mean and median grain sizes, generally sands dominate the lower river b~ from the river mouth to the cross section at about 100 km upstream of the mouth, while gravels dominate the bed upstream onward. A hiatus in the …
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Application of open-access and 3rd party geospatial technology for integrated flood risk management in data sparse regions of developing countries
… ponds, uncontrolled dredging and illegal sand mining, were identified as the factors that contribute to flood model and map uncertainties in the delta region, hence the low accuracy depicted, despite the improvements that were achieved. Managing floods requires the coordination of efforts …
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