Sand Mining Environmental Impacts and Selected Case Studies

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Padmalal, D., Maya, K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Environmental Science and Engineering
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 ecosystems. A better understanding of sand budgets is necessary if the problems of river and coastal environments are to be solved
Physical Description:XXII, 162 p. 68 illus., 48 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789401791441