Typology of environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in African Great Lakes Region

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3027" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3027</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11113027" target="_blank" >10.3390/su11113027</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Typology of environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in African Great Lakes Region

Original language description

Artisanal and small-scale mining is a widespread economic sector in the African Great Lakes Region, where it has an adverse impact on the population’s environment. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and consider the typology of the environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining, in particular, the anthropogenic influences on topography with regard to the methods used in raw material mining. Among the most significant environmental aspects related to artisanal and small-scale mining are deforestation, changes in landscape structure, influence over geomorphological processes and hydrological river regime, chemical pollution of soil and watercourses, influencing soil production capacity. The aforementioned factors can cause health problems such as silicosis, poisoning by methyl orthophosphate, or injury during the mining activity itself. Artisanal and small-scale mining could initiate new geomorphological processes or modify naturally occurring geomorphological processes. These dynamic processes are influenced by the topography of the relief, soil properties, and rock composition. Anthropogenic activity in these cases may lead to faster reshaping (degradation or abrasion) of soil shapes. This study covers a broad understanding of environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining with a focus on anthropogenic influencing

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1-24

UT code for WoS article

000472632200032

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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