Long-Term Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 …

UNDP Africa's new report: "Analysing long-term socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 across diverse African contexts" examines the effect COVID-19 will have on macro-economic development in 10 African countries by 2030 and …

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF STONE QUARRYING…

At the same time quarrying being an economic activity has created positive and negative socio-economic effects in the economy. The study attempts to give a descriptive explanation of the environmental and economic issues of quarrying. ... In fact, quarried stone has been used throughout history to provide the building material for some of the ...

The environmental impact of extraction: A holistic review of …

With rising concerns for sustainability, it is becoming increasingly important for companies to address environmental, social, & governance (ESG) risks to stay relevant and competitive in today's markets (Boulhaga et al., 2023).ESG is often considered a comprehensive way of reporting on a company's sustainability, yet it is still not commonplace for extraction …

Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights …

The results indicated that the industry poses both positive and negative effects on the economic, social and environmental facets of the municipality. ... has contributed to the socio-economic ...

(PDF) Assessment of Socio-Economic Impacts of …

Quarrying activities in Narok Town ward have played an important role in the economic development and infrastructural development, however it has brought about negative social issues such as a...

Applied Economics: Quarter 2

APPLIED-ECONOMIC-QUARTER-2-MODULE-9-WEEK10 - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document provides an overview of a module on the effects of various socio-economic factors affecting business and industry. It explains that the module is designed to help students understand how socio-economic factors …

Economic and Environmental Issues of Quarrying

The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust …

The Impact of Quarrying: Cause and Effect

Air Pollution from quarrying. Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, whereas coal …

The socio-economics of the 2023 fuel subsidy removal in …

This study probes into the complex web of consequences arising from this drastic policy transformation, examining both the direct and indirect effects on the Nigerian society and economy.

Economic Importance of Stone Quarrying in …

Despite serving the rural economy in a positive way, the negative impact of stone quarrying activities in the Saltora CD Block of Bankura District on the local ecology cannot be ignored.

Assessing the effects of gold mining on environment: A case …

Environmental sustainability has become a serious problem in the world. Similarly, mining and its environmental impacts in the Shekiso district have become a severe issue at present.

An Assessment of the Kenya Quarry Sustainability …

NEMA sustainable quarrying guidelines. The socio-economic variables of sustainability were well established and had a positive strong effects and contribution to sustainable quarrying. The environmental protection variables were least established and perceived to have no effects and contribution to sustainable quarrying.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF …

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 …

(PDF) Environmental and Socio-economic Impact …

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 …

Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an Environmental Ethic …

Examining the effects of gold mining on both the economy and the environment, a case study in Ecuador illustrates efforts to mitigate past environmental damage. Notably, former mine sites are evaluated for their potential in tourism development, aiming to generate employment opportunities and income for local residents, while also addressing ...

Aligning tourism's socio-economic impact with the United …

Socio-economic issues related to the tourism workforce, such as low and unequally distributed income, were rarely discussed by contemporary multiplier-based tourism economic impact analyses (Cole & Morgan, 2010).Rather, this research field usually aims at improving the accuracy of impact measurements (Dwyer, Forsyth, & Spurr, 2004) by focussing on …

Assessment of Environmental and Socio-Economic …

As the research result indicated, quarrying has a significant importance on job creation and better income. generation to 's of stone workers to reduce poverty. The findings further showed that the quarrying. livelihood strategies and to transform from rural to urban activities. …

Environmental and socio-economic impacts of landfills

approach to reduce the environmental impact and the negative socio-economic impacts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . The authors would like to acknowledge the funding of the PhD study of M. Danthurebandara .

Communities' awareness on environmental and social …

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. ... quarried land state is vital as it impacts their association with quarrying ...

Environmental and socio-economic effects of construction …

The following socio-economic impact categories were considered in this study: Environmental Life Cycle Cost (ELCC), Societal Life cycle Cost (SLCC), and Total Employment. The ELCC accounts for internal costs (budget costs and transfers) and reflects a traditional financial assessment. Budget costs are costs incurred by the different actors ...

Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an Environmental Ethic …

Beneficial effects of the quarry include giving young people work opportunities and fostering local economic growth. Community members, however, are extremely unhappy with the negative …

Socioeconomic Impact

Socio-economic effects are the natural results of adopting a new technology and these effects might be positive or negative, and may bring unexpected results. In this sense, especially the socio-economic impacts of GMOs will vary from one part of the society to another. Consumers may have affordable food in the short term, but in the long-term ...

The Socio-Economic Impact of Urbanization

The process of urbanization represents the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities as a result of people movement from rural areas to urban areas. Urbanization is widely accepted as a process with several consequences, such as social, economic or environmental and it usually occurs in developing countries. This complex process knows a strong global …

Economic and Environmental Issues of Quarrying

At the same time quarrying being an economic activity has created positive and negative socioeconomic effects in the economy. The study attempts to give a descriptive explanation of the...

An exposition of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Construction Site …

some socio-economic effects of construction site accidents to include: the payment of . additional preliminary costs and overhead charges in projects as a result of delays. Other .

Communities' awareness on environmental and social …

Socio-environmental impact of stone quarrying activity. Associated factors with awareness of s on the impact of stone quarry. Figures - available via license: Creative Commons Attribution ...

(PDF) Socio-Economic Outcomes of Teen …

The socio-economic effects of teenage pregnancy have been highlighted as; truncated academic and intellectual development, low levels of employable skills, and consequently low socio-economic ...

The Impact of Tourism on Local Communities: A Literature …

Tourism has a range of impacts on mountain ecosystems, communities and economies. Many of these impacts are negative, but tourism may also generate positive impacts.

Bio-Physical and Socio-Economic Effects of Quarrying …

Summary on Socio-Economic Effects of Quarrying Activities One of the objectives of the study was to evaluate the socio-economic effects of quarrying activities in selected quarries. The study findings relieved that majority (90%) of the quarry owners (87.5%) of the quarry workers were male proofing the masculinity of quarrying activities.

The Impacts of Mining Industry : A review of socio …

The 25 different socio-economic impact s are briefly discussed in this section. 2.1 Income. Income is the primary benefit of any type of extractive industry. It g oes as saying t hat no .

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF …

The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, landscape alteration, hill cutting affecting …

The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus …

The food sector is also facing increased demand due to panic-buying and stockpiling of food products. In response to this global outbreak, we summarise the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on individual aspects of the world economy. Keywords: Economy, Economic impact, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus. Highlights •