(PDF) ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIMENSION STONE QUARRYING …
Mining and quarrying activities is one of the devolved units of the County Government. This means the future and benefits of dimension stone quarrying lies on the Kiambu County Government in terms ...
Searching and Cracking: Stone Quarrying, Livelihood …
Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the ... the socio-economic benefits that are easily accessed by urban dwellers, they usually seek ... (2000) in Uganda and Kenya respectively. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (2008), about 80 per cent of the economically
Economic Importance of Stone Quarrying in Rural …
The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone extraction, deleting ground water levels. ... Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...
stone quarrying in kenya a socio economic and
The socio-economic characteristics of granite stone quarry workers is presented on Table 1. Asindicated on the Table, respondents are largely indigenes (63.1%), who engage in different secondary jobs along with their primary quarry engagements for …
Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying …
The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions, where the information obtained was confirmed by field observations. The data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics like …
Social and Environmental effects of Stone …
governing stone quarrying and the need to develop a county quarrying and mining policy. The study recommends future research on the individual and institutional factors …
(PDF) Assessment of Quarrying Impacts Comprehensively …
This paper focuses on the environmental, economic, and social impact of stone and marble industry in the Middle East and North Africa region taking Palestine as a case study.
Environmental, social and health impacts of stone …
There are many socio-economic and environmental impacts of stone quarrying. In Mitrapur panchayat of Balasore district, stone quarrying is one of the major livelihood occupation of many local people. Mitrapur panchayat primarily a tribal area (77.7% people belong to various tribal communities) of Balasore district. Majority unskilled tribal people
(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying
The ever-increasing development and construction in major urban centres worldwide have necessitated the need for quarries to (PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying Activities in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County | stella kirui - …
(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying
The ever-increasing development and construction in major urban centres worldwide have necessitated the need for quarries to (PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying Activities in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County | Stella Kirui - …
Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and …
Ming'ate and Mohamed define stone quarrying as a form of land utilisation method concerned with the extraction of non-metal and non-fuel minerals from rocks …
(PDF) Effects of Vegetation Destruction on the Socio- Economic …
This study focused on the effects of vegetation destruction as a result of soapstone quarrying on the socio-economic well-being of s within the quarrying areas of Gucha South Sub-County ...
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) of hard rock quarrying …
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 …
(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of …
Kenyatta University. PDF | Quarrying is an excavation process involving abstracting materials, which are neither fuel nor minerals in nature from rocks. The ever …
Stone Quarrying and Livelihood Transformation in Peri …
transformation where quarrying, both small and large-scale is a dominant economic activity. With a sample size of 110 respondents, data was collected by means of questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The paper observed that while quarrying is a major economic activity, its effects in socio-economic and environmental terms are …
Environmental, social and health impacts of stone quarrying …
Excessive demand for stones due to rapid infrastructure development led to uncontrolled stone quarrying in Mitrapur panchayat of Balasore district causing serious environmental degradation and socio-economic conflict. A large numbers of tribal people of this area are dependent on stone quarrying activities for carrying their livelihood.
Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying …
This has led to detrimental environmental and social economic impacts which are usually ignored at the expense of economic pursuit by developers. The study focused on assessing the socioeconomic impacts of stone quarrying in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County, Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and …
Environment and Social Impacts of Stone Quarrying: …
quarries used to produce concret that contribute to the various types of construction and provide both economic and social benefits. However, the intensive activities of quarrying disregard to the environment impact leads to a series of socio-economic and environmental problems. Hence, the study area is one of the most potential
Environmental and Socio-economic Impact …
Published in East African Journal of… 23 October 2021. Environmental Science, Economics, Sociology. The study aimed at assessing the environmental and …
Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying …
The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions, where the information obtained was confirmed by field.
Impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and …
In LLMICs in particular, quarries have a negative effect on children's health and the environment, but are also found to worsen socio-economic conditions (Amnesty International, 2016b;Hilson, 2008 ...
East African Journal of Environment and Natural …
22 November 2022. Quarrying is an excavation process involving abstracting materials, which are neither fuel nor minerals in nature from rocks. The ever-increasing …
(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying
The ever-increasing development and construction in major urban centres worldwide have necessitated the need for quarries to. Quarrying is an excavation process involving abstracting materials, which are neither fuel nor minerals in nature from rocks. The ever-increasing development and construction in major urban centres worldwide have ...
Economic Importance of Stone Quarrying in Rural Livelihood and …
The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone extraction, deleting ground water levels. ... Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...
Bio-Physical and Socio-Economic Effects of Quarrying …
Purpose: Using a Systems' Approach, this study explores what aspects are essential for stone quarries to adopt a functional environmental management plan and whether compliance with environmental laws enhances business performance. The specific
Communities' awareness on environmental and social impacts of stone
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 ...
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF STONE QUARRYING…
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF STONE QUARRYING: IN DIRE DAWA ADMINISTRATION 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study All over the world there is a realization that quarrying activities has evolved over time to mining industry that has the potential to provide hither to unparalleled services to management in their efforts …
AN ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL …
significant body of research shows that development of a viable stone quarrying sector is vital for both economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2004; DFID, 2004a). …
East African Journal of Environment and Natural …
Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 4 (1), 1-14.
(PDF) Environmental, social and health impacts of stone quarrying …
Specifically, the study examines i) the socio-economic importance of quarrying, ii) the environmental impacts, iii) the interventions done to address environmental problems, and iv) the ...