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Sand, rarer than one thinks

Contributors

Peduzzi, Pascal

Published in

Environmental development, vol. 11, p. 208-218

Publication date

2014

Abstract

Sand and gravel are mined world-wide and account for the largest volume of solid material extracted globally. Formed by erosive processes over thousands of years they are now being extracted at a rate far greater than their renewal. Furthermore, the volume being extracted is having a major impact on rivers, deltas and coastal and marine ecosystems results in loss of land through river or coastal erosion, lowering of the water table and decreases in the amount of sediment supply. Despite the colossal quantities of sand and gravel being used, our increasing dependence on them and the significant impact that their extraction has on the environment, this issue has been mostly ignored by policy makers and remains largely unknown by the general public.

Keywords

  • Sand mining
  • Aggregates
  • Beach erosion
  • Environmental impacts
  • Sustainable development
  • Emerging issues

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UNIGE research groups

Citation (ISO format)

PEDUZZI, Pascal. Sand, rarer than one thinks. In: Environmental development, 2014, vol. 11, p. 208–218. doi: 10.1016/j.envdev.2014.04.001

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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211464514000396

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2211-4645
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