Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Published in:
Introduction Read chapter Read first chapter

2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

8. Mining Strategies and Management

Authors : D. Padmalal, K. Maya

Published in: Sand Mining

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

The exponential rise in the demand for construction grade sand resulted from economic growth and the liberal development policies over the years have aggravated indiscriminate scooping of sand and gravel from river beds and floodplains of most rivers in the world. The situation warrants scientific interventions for judicious management of the river bed resources by striking a balance between its demand for development and the environmental concerns. The present chapter reviews the existing regulatory procedures, and also environmental laws/policies that are in practice in different parts of the world. A set of guidelines have been put forth to update the existing sand and gravel extraction policies in India and elsewhere for achieving the goal of sustainability in the case of sand resource extraction and managements.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
previous chapter EIA of River Sand Mining
next chapter River Sand Auditing: An Example from SW India
Literature
Andrews ED, Nankervis JM (1995) Effective discharge and the design of channel maintenance flows for gravel-bed rivers. In: Natural and anthropogenic influence in fluvial geomorphology, geophysical monograph, vol 89. American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, pp 151–164
Cairns J Jr (1988) Rehabilitating damaged ecosystems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, p 405
DID (2009) River sand mining and management guideline. Department of Irrigation, Malaysia, p 50
Emmett WW (1999) Quantification of channel-maintenance flows for gravel-bed rivers. In: Wildland Hydrology, vol 99. American Water Resources Association, Herndon, pp 77–84
Florsheim J, Goodwin P, Marcus L (1998) Geomorphic effects of gravel extraction in the Russian River, California. In: Bobrowsky PT (ed) Aggregate resources: a global perspective. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp 87–99
Frissell CA, Nawa RK (1992) Incidence and causes of physical failures of artificial habitat structures in streams of western Oregon and Washington. North Am J Fish Manag 12:182–197CrossRef
Graf WL (1979) Catastrophe by theory as a model for change fluvial systems. In: Rhodes DD, Williams GP (eds) Adjustments in the fluvial system. Dubuque Kendall/Hunt Publishers, Dubugue, Iowa, pp 13–32
Iversen TM, Kronvang B, Madsen BL, Markmann P, Nielsen MB (1993) Re-establishment of Danish streams: restoration and maintenance measures. Aquat Conserv Mar Freshw Ecosystems 3:73–92CrossRef
Knighton D (1984) Fluvial forms and processes. Edward Arnold/Hodder and Stoughton, London, p 320
Kondolf GM (1994) Environmental planning in the regulation and management of instream gravel mining in California. Landscape Urban Plann 29:185–199CrossRef
Kondolf GM, Smeltzer M, Kimball L (2002) Freshwater gravel mining and dredging issues. Report prepared for Washington department of fish and wildlife, Washington department of ecology and Washington department of transportation, 122
Kondolf GM, Vick JC, Ramirez TM (1996) Salmon spawning habitat rehabilitation on the Merced river, California: an evaluation of project planning and performance. Trans Am Fish Soc 125:899–912CrossRef
Leopold LB, Wolman MG, Miller JP (1964) Fluvial processes in geomorphology. WH Freeman, San Francisco, p 522
Maya K, Padmalal D, Babu KN (2012) Environmental degradation of Muvattupuzha river basin-causes, consequences and strategies for river restoration. Technical Report, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, p 110
Mossa J, McLean M (1997) Channel planform and land cover changes on a mined river floodplain—Amite River, Louisiana, USA. Appl Geogr 17:43–54CrossRef
Nash DB (1994) Effective sediment-transporting discharge from magnitude-frequency analysis. J Geol 102:79–95CrossRef
National Environmental Policy (2003) Draft National Environmental Policy request for public views and comments. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Sri Lanka, p 13
National Research Council (NRC) (1983) An evaluation of flood-level prediction using alluvial river models. Committee on Hydrodynamic Computer Models for Flood Insurance Studies, Advisory Board on the Built Environment, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Academy Press, Washington DC
National Research Council (NRC) (1992) Restoration of aquatic ecosystems: science, technology and public policy. National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC, p 62
Paukert C, Schloesser J, Fischer J, Eitzmann J (2008) Effect of instream sand dredging on fish communities in the Kansas river, USA: current and historical perspectives. J Freshw Ecology 23:623–634CrossRef
Ramachandran KK, Padmalal D (1997) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of mineral based industries. In: Nair, Nair (eds) Natural Resources of Kerala, Balachandran Thampi, WWF for Nature, Thiruvananthapuram, pp 31–49
Rampel LL, Church M (2009) Physical and ecological response to disturbance by gravel mining in a large alluvial river. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 66:52–71CrossRef
Schmidt LJ, Potyondy JP (2001) Flow regimes needed to maintain channels in gravel-bed rivers. In: Proceedings of the 7th Federal interagency sedimentation conference, Reno, Nevada, vol 1, pp 66–69
Sear DA (1994) River restoration and geomorphology. Aquat Conserv Mar Freshw Ecosystems 4:169–177CrossRef
Sreebha S (2008) Environmental impact of sand mining: a case study in the river catchments of Vembanad lake, Southwest India. PhD Thesis (unpublished), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi
Sreebha S, Padmalal D (2011) Environmental impact assessment of sand mining from the small catchment river in the southwestern coast of India. Environ Manage 47:130–140CrossRef
Wolman MG, Miller JP (1960) Magnitude and frequency of forces in geomorphic processes. J Geol 68:54–74CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Mining Strategies and Management
Authors
D. Padmalal
K. Maya
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Sand Mining

Print ISBN: 978-94-017-9143-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-017-9144-1

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9144-1_8