Overview
- Proposes specific practicable measures to minimize the environmental consequences of instream sand mining using different geospatial models
- Presents methodologies and models along with analysis of enough comprehensive algorithms and citing case studies, which will helpful for the students, researchers, academicians, decision makers and practitioners
- Proposes sustainable sand mining practices in response to several inter-linking correlations between all components and sub-systems in river dynamic processes
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
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About this book
Worldwide demand for sand and gravel is increasing daily, as the need for these materials continues to rise, for example in the construction sector, in land filling and for transportation sector based infrastructural projects. This results in over-extraction of sand from channel beds, and hampers the natural renewal of sediment, geological setup and morphological processes of the riverine system.
In India, illegal sand mining (of alluvial channels) and gravel mining (of perennial channels) are two anthropogenic issues that negatively affect the sustainable drainage system. Along the Kangsabati River in India, the consequences of sand mining are very serious. The construction of Mukutmonipur Dam (1958) on the river causes huge sediment deposition along the middle and downstream areas, these same areas are also intensely mined for sand (instream and on the flood plain). Geospatial models are applied in order to better understand the state and the resilience of stream hydraulics, morphological and river ecosystem variables during pre-mining and post-mining stages, using micro-level datasets of the Kangsabati River.
The book also includes practicable measures to minimize the environmental consequences of instream mining in respect to optimum sand mining. It discusses the threshold limits of each variable in stream hydraulics, morphological and river ecological regime, and also discusses the most affected variables. Consequently, all outputs will be very useful for students, researchers, academicians, decision makers and practitioners and will facilitate applying these techniques to create models for other river basins.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: River Sand Mining Modelling and Sustainable Practice
Book Subtitle: The Kangsabati River, India
Authors: Raj Kumar Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72296-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72295-1Published: 01 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72298-2Published: 02 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72296-8Published: 31 July 2021
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 376
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 142 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sedimentology, Geomorphology, Environmental Geography, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Computer Applications