Sand mining is a global activity that has attracted wide attention due partly to its invaluable
positive contributions to development and partly to its negative socio-environmental impacts …

Purpose Globally, rapid urbanisation characterised by increasing demand for housing and
infrastructure needs has resulted in sand mining. In Ghana, sand mining can create or …

The present work intends to explore the impact of stone mine and crushing on
environmental components in the Middle catchment of Dwarka river basin of Eastern India …

The aim of the study was to assess the impacts of quarrying activities on the environment
and livelihood of people in the Border II sub‐location. Primary data was collected through …

Background: Stone quarrying is one of the major practices carried out in the world by the
construction industry. In Kenya and specifically in Mandera County area, stone quarrying …

Sand is a strategic natural resource that plays a key role in delivering ecological services,
protecting biodiversity, promoting economic growth, and supplying means of subsistence …

Discourses on “illegal” or informal small‐scale mining (galamsey) have presented it largely
as a menace. Using Ghana as the focus of our study, we present a counter‐narrative to the …

There is a surging rate of sand mining worldwide, fuelled by rapid urbanisation and
escalating demand for housing and other infrastructure. In Ghana, most residents of sand …

In Ghana, terrestrial sand mining in rural and peri-urban areas negatively affects the
livelihoods of the majority of the residents employed in land-based livelihoods. We examine …

In this study, we investigated the impact of quarrying as an environmental ethical crisis. The
need for the study arose when we realised the deteriorating effect of the quality of life in our …