Stone Quarrying In Kenya A Socio Economic And

Stone Quarrying and Livelihood Transformation in …

Stone quarrying is one of the key extractive economic activities in the Ashanti Region, supplying the bulk of stone of varying aggregates to the construction industry within the region and beyond. Yet the resource-rich communities have seen little socio-economic improvements. The paper draws on experiences from Nkukua

Social and Environmental effects of Stone Quarrying in …

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Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying …

DOI: 10.37284/eajenr.4.1.445 Corpus ID: 239877580; Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda @article{Turyahabwe2021EnvironmentalAS, title={Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda}, …

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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.

Social and Environmental effects of Stone Quarrying in …

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 …

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 ...

Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying …

The study focused on assessing the socioeconomic impacts of stone quarrying in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County, Kenya. The target population …

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 …

Environment and Social Impacts of Stone Quarrying: South …

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 to reduce effects of quarrying risks to the human being and the surroundings. This potentially has been turned into a challenge and embodied in the …

Stone Quarrying and Livelihood Transformation in Peri …

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIMENSION STONE QUARRYING …

Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying Activities in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County ... Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and government ...

Communities' awareness on environmental and social impacts of stone

Stone quarrying has a considerable impact on land, water, air, natural resources, and social welfare. The objective of this study was to assess communities' awareness of the environmental and ...

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BENEFITS AND COSTS …

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 ...

Environmental concerns and responses in small-scale stone quarries …

In Kenya the artisanal stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years, employing many, but also having adverse effects upon the environment in terms of the low recovery rate of usable stone, hence large amounts of waste, and the lack of rehabilitation of quarries after use. Alternative ways of addressing these concerns, …

(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying

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 necessitated the need for quarries to

Bio-Physical and Socio-Economic Effects of 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. ... Ndarugu quarries located about 35 km north of Nairobi CBD are …

Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and the …

In Kenya the artisanal stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years, ... This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken to assess the socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining in Geita District, Tanzania. In addition to sampling community perceptions of …

Environmental impact analysis of quarrying activities established …

Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land degradation, land subsidence and landslides, water pollution, occupational ...

Assessing Social and Environmental Impacts of

Accepted: 25 May 2022 The environmental implications of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) practices have significantly grown, particularly on environment, socio, and livelihoods of the mining communities. The study aims to investigates the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of these practices. A survey research …

(PDF) 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 …

Impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and …

Moreover, 45% of the area residents and 44% of the quarry workers have experienced health problems related to quarrying activities. Nevertheless, there was a significant relationship between quarrying activities and the environmental as well as human health problems in the area (p<0.05). The positive impacts identified are; …

stone quarrying in kenya a socio economic and

Effects Of Stone Quarrying In Kenya - mining machine. Stone Quarrying Crushing Project Kenya Stone Quarrying Crushing Project Kenya May 09 2016 There are many advantages of quarrying in Kenya with a booming construction industry and an ever growing middle class it is no secret that housing demand is fuelling construction to big …

Picking up The Pieces: Reconstructing Lithic Production …

Lithic quarries—places where people extracted and prepared tool stone—were important centers of social and economic production for stone tool-using populations.

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 …

(PDF) Environmental, social and health impacts of stone quarrying …

Stone quarrying is one of the key extractive economic activities in the Ashanti Region, supplying the bulk of stone of varying aggregates to the construction industry within the region and beyond.

An Assessment of the Benefits and Costs of Black …

The economic, socio-cultural, and biophysical benefits and costs of black granite quarrying, and how best to maximize and minimize them, respectively, was also part of ... The major activities involved in black granite quarrying include sampling, excavation, stone quality assessment, stone measurement, drilling, blasting, washing ...

(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of …

Excessive demand for stones due to rapid infrastructure development led to uncontrolled stone quarrying in Mitrapur panchayat of Balasore district causing serious environmental degradation...

(PDF) Stone Quarrying and Livelihood Transformation in …

Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone Quarrying Activities in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County ... Wells (2000) identifies small-scale stone extraction in rural Kenya as a major source of livelihood in spite of the dangers it poses to the environment and the other livelihood activities such as farming. In Ghana, majority …