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Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of cobblestone quarries in Addis Ababa and implication for resource use efficiency, environmental quality, and sustainability of land after‐use
Author(s) -
Worku Hailu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.21524
Subject(s) - plucking , business , sustainability , socioeconomic status , government (linguistics) , environmental planning , severance , stakeholder , environmental impact assessment , resource (disambiguation) , quality (philosophy) , natural resource economics , geography , civil engineering , engineering , political science , economics , ecology , population , linguistics , philosophy , demography , computer network , epistemology , sociology , meteorology , law , computer science , biology , public relations
The extraction of construction material in Addis Ababa has been a source of public conflict for many years, especially in terms of quarry operation, displacement of people, rehabilitation of quarry sites, and land after‐use. One of the main reasons for the conflict has been the extraction sector's inability to adjust to the existing laws. This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of quarry mining in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and it prescribes interventions that can assist in mitigating the negative impacts of mining. Marked operational, environmental, and socioeconomic impacts have occurred as a result of cobblestone quarrying in Addis Ababa. Improvements in the mitigation of these impacts can be achieved if quarrying operations are planned prior to commencement; resource‐efficient and sustainable mining techniques are employed; stakeholder participation is enhanced; the government provides institutional, organizational, and technical support to the operators; regulations are improved and regulatory implementations receive strict follow‐up; and the provision of the Ethiopian constitution's regarding “rights to development” is respected.