Sand Mining : Environmental Impacts and Selected Case Studies / by D. Padmalal, K. Maya

By:

Padmalal, D [aut]

Contributor(s):

Maya, K [oth]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Environmental Science and Engineering | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Dordrecht ; s.l. : Springer Netherlands, 2014Description: Online-Ressource (XXII, 162 p. 68 illus., 48 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:

9789401791441

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Fallstudiensammlung

Additional physical formats: 9789401791434 | Druckausg.: Sand mining. Dordrecht, Heidelberg [u.a.] : Springer, 2014. XXI, 162 S.LOC classification:

TD419-428

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9144-1Online resources:

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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 solvedPPN: PPN: 1658625021Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-EES

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