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abstract: 'Mining and quarrying provide the basic raw materials for sustaining
human well-being and are critical for achieving economic developments.
At the same time, environmental degradation and its associated social
impacts and inequalities have become a grave reality of mining sector
that affects all nations, individually and/or collectively. Assessment
of the environmental impacts arising from mining and quarrying is
critical to limit the environmental problems within the barest minimum
levels. Although many impact assessment studies are available on
mining/quarrying of different major and minor minerals, not many studies
exist on quarrying for laterite blocks which is being widespread in many
of the fast developing tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world
like India. Therefore, this paper evaluates the impact of laterite
quarrying for construction blocks, in one of the twin river basins in SW
India, the Netravati-Gurpur river basin, where the activity is
widespread. The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) method was used to
evaluate the impacts of laterite quarrying as it allows a comprehensive
analysis of the results based on the individual environmental score
obtained for each component. RIAM is a valuable assessment tool, owing
to its capability in quick, collective and reliable evaluation of the
impacts that can aid decision making and minimization of environmental
impacts, especially at early planning stages. Data pertaining to
resource extraction, identification of impacting actions, mapping of
mining hotspots, etc., were collected from primary and secondary sources
through systematic field work and sample collection, questionnaire
surveys within the local community and other stakeholders such as mine
operators, labourers, officials of Government departments, etc. A total
of 21 laterite quarries are located in the basin with a total production
of 5.7 million laterite bricks/year (0.115 x 10(6) ty(-1)). The impact
assessment study revealed that the activity not only disturbs the
natural environment especially, hydrology, air quality and noise levels,
ecology, land use and soil stability but has profound influence on the
socio-economic factors of human health and immunity, displacement, etc.,
of the quarrying-hit areas. The activity also recorded both long-term
and short-term positive impacts as a source of employment and income
generation. Additionally, the activity favours groundwater replenishment
and agriculture productivity of the area where appropriate mine closure
measures were taken up. However, the positive impacts of the activity
are far outweighed by the fact that most impacts of laterite quarrying
are of class - C (moderate negative impact) and - D (significant
negative impact) owing to the long-term socio-environmental and
bio-ecological implications of the activity. Thus, it is imperative that
there is significant improvement in policy and regulatory framework and
its implementation for mining and quarrying of building materials which
is vital for meeting future development requirements.'
affiliation: 'Vandana, M (Corresponding Author), Natl Ctr Earth Sci Studies, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala, India.
Vandana, M.; Sunny, Syam; Maya, K.; Padmalal, D., Natl Ctr Earth Sci Studies, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala, India.
John, Shiekha E., Minist Earth Sci, Lodi Rd, New Delhi, India.'
author: Vandana, M. and John, Shiekha E. and Sunny, Syam and Maya, K. and Padmalal,
D.
author-email: vandanaeldo@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Vandana
given: M.
- family: John
given: Shiekha E.
- family: Sunny
given: Syam
- family: Maya
given: K.
- family: Padmalal
given: D.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02741-5
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2022
eissn: 1573-2975
files: []
issn: 1387-585X
journal: ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
keywords: 'Laterite quarrying; Land degradation; Netravati-Gurpur river basin;
Environmental impact assessment (EIA); Sustainability'
keywords-plus: PROFILE
language: English
month: 2022 NOV 9
number-of-cited-references: '62'
papis_id: fbbb23f0b43bb37f0408050e7f100915
ref: Vandana2022environmentalimpact
times-cited: '1'
title: Environmental impact assessment of laterite quarrying from Netravati-Gurpur
river basin, South West Coast of India
2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000880516100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Green \& Sustainable Science \& Technology; Environmental
Sciences
year: '2022'