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, whilst …

In Kenya and specifically in Mandera County area, stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Objective: This study thus aims at examining the …

for both economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2004; DFID, 2004a). Rural stone quarrying is thus one of the key items in the achievement of development in most counties in Kenya in this case Nyambera in Kisii County because of the fact that rural areas carry a large percentage of the Kenyan population. Most people engage stone ...

This paper focuses on the environmental, economic, and social impact of stone and marble industry in the Middle East and North Africa region taking Palestine as a case study.

Published in East African Journal of… 23 October 2021. Environmental Science, Economics, Sociology. The study aimed at assessing the environmental and …

Mining and quarrying activities is one of the devolved units of the County Government. This means the future and benefits of dimension stone quarrying lies on the Kiambu County Government in terms ...

The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone extraction, deleting ground water levels. ... Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...

The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone extraction, deleting ground water levels. ... Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...

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 influencing the awareness of and compliance with the various environmental rules and

Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda. East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 4 (1), 1-14.

This study focused on the effects of vegetation destruction as a result of soapstone quarrying on the socio-economic well-being of s within the quarrying areas of Gucha South Sub-County ...

Socio-economic analysis indicated that benefits of stone quarrying outweighed costs. For example, of respondents indicated that employment arose from 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 and …

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 …

Purpose: Using a Systems' Approach, this study explores what aspects are essential for stone quarries to adopt a functional environmental management plan and whether compliance with environmental laws enhances business performance. The specific

Results: The study found that stone quarrying has significantly contributed to the incomes of the stone workers, quarry owners and the community. In contrast it …

A binary logistic regression model was done to identify the independent variables of communities unaware of the impacts of stone quarrying. 62.7% and 57.38% of the surveyed s had aware of ...

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 …

There are many socio-economic and environmental impacts of stone quarrying. In Mitrapur panchayat of Balasore district, stone quarrying is one of the major livelihood occupation of many local people. Mitrapur panchayat primarily a tribal area (77.7% people belong to various tribal communities) of Balasore district. Majority unskilled tribal people

significant body of research shows that development of a viable stone quarrying sector is vital for both economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2004; DFID, 2004a). …

22 November 2022. Quarrying is an excavation process involving abstracting materials, which are neither fuel nor minerals in nature from rocks. The ever-increasing …

The socio-economic characteristics of granite stone quarry workers is presented on Table 1. Asindicated on the Table, respondents are largely indigenes (63.1%), who engage in different secondary jobs along with their primary quarry engagements for …

Specifically, the study examines i) the socio-economic importance of quarrying, ii) the environmental impacts, iii) the interventions done to address environmental problems, and iv) the ...

Socio-economic analysis indicated that benefits of stone quarrying outweighed costs. For example, of respondents indicated that employment arose from stone quarrying and 79% stated that, standards of living have been elevated by the activity. The district local government realizes local revenue from the activity. The activity is...

stakeholders' complaints on safety, environmental and socio-economic concerns. The formulation of sustainable quarrying guidelines by NEMA was necessitated by such …

Stone Quarrying Accidents In Kenya. stone quarrying in kenya a socio economic - MC Machinery. The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, landscape alteration, hill cutting affecting local biodiversity, generation of unproductive wastelands, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal …

The ever-increasing development and construction in major urban centres worldwide have necessitated the need for quarries to. 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 ...

Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the ... the socio-economic benefits that are easily accessed by urban dwellers, they usually seek ... (2000) in Uganda and Kenya respectively. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (2008), about 80 per cent of the economically

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; employment, roads ...

especially when carried out without proper planning. In this study, the economic, socio-cultural, and biophysical benefits and costs of black granite quarrying were investigated. Two questionnaires, one targeting quarry workers and the other targeting villagers around quarry sites, together with personal interviews with key informants, were