Socioenvironmental issues of river bed material extraction in the Himalayan piedmont (India)

Wiejaczka, Łukasz; Tamang, Lakpa; Piróg, Danuta; Prokop, Paweł

doi:10.1007/s12665-018-7897-1

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“…Results highlight that sediment supply from the upper reaches is insufficient to compensate for the loss of extracted material in the lower reaches, leading to riverbank instability and large-scale erosion of land. Similar impacts have been observed in other rivers, including the Ouémé, Benin (Lalèyè et al 2019), the White Volta, Ghana (Musah 2009), the Njelele, South Africa (Gondo et al 2019), the Tatao, Iran (Farahani and Bayazidi 2018), the Muda, Malaysia (Teo et al 2017) and the Balason, India (Wiejaczka et al 2018)…”

Section: (I) Access and Control To Lri Resources And Ecosystem Servicessupporting

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Place-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface

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The land–river interface (LRI) is important for sustainable development. The environmental processes that define the LRI support the natural capital and ecosystem services that are linked directly to multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, existing approaches to scale up or down SDG targets and link them to natural capital are insufficient for the two-way human–environment interactions that exist in the LRI. Therefore, this study proposes a place-based approach to interpret the SDG framework to support sustainable land/water management, by (i) identifying key priorities for sustainable development through a normative content analysis of the SDG targets, and (ii) illustrating these priorities and associated challenges within the LRI, based on a literature review and case-studies on human–environment interactions. The content analysis identifies three overarching sustainable development priorities: (i) ensuring improved access to resources and services provided by the LRI, (ii) strengthening the resilience of the LRI to deal with social and natural shocks, and (iii) increasing resource efficiency. The review of the current state of LRIs across the world confirms that these are indeed priority areas for sustainable development. Yet, the challenges of attaining the sustainable development priorities in the LRI are also illustrated with three examples of development-related processes. Urbanisation, dam construction, and aggregate mining occur within specific zones of the LRI (land, land–river, river, respectively), but their impacts can compromise sustainable development across the entire LRI and beyond. The existence of these unintended impacts highlights the need to consider the geomorphic, hydrological, and ecological processes within the LRI and how they interact with human activity. Identifying the place-based priorities and challenges for sustainable development will help achieve the SDGs without compromising the functions and services of the LRI.

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Section: (I) Access and Control To Lri Resources And Ecosystem Servicessupporting

confidence: 58%

Place-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface

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“…Information on the local community's social and economic standing and its relation with the river ecosystem were collected through a diagnostic survey in the form of interview conducted in 2015. The detailed description of the methodology use in the above mentioned investigations contain publications [17], [18], [19].…”

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“…[27], [28]. Surveys conducted among the local community involved in extracting bed material from the Balason river (Photo 3) showed a significant dependence of the existence of the studied population on the work in the extraction of material, and the extraction will be continued [19].…”

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Human Impact on the River Channels Morphology in the Himalayas and Its Piedmont (India)

Wiejaczka¹

2019

Proceedings 2019

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The aim of the study is the presentation of the directions and scale of changes in the morphology of the Himalayan and its piedmont river channels occurring under the contemporary influence of human activity. The study uses the results of morphological field research conducted in the Teesta river basin (right tributary of the Brahmaputra) in the period 2011-2015. The research shows that one of the most common anthropogenic form affecting banks of the Himalayan channels is their reinforcement and reprofiling related to bridges and dams construction. In turn, on the Himalayan piedmont, the most visible human influence is massive extraction of riverbed sediments what leads to the deepening of river channels. The morphological changes of channels caused by human interference deteriorates the quality of the rivers habitat and affects human communities dependent on rivers ecosystem services.

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River Sand Mining and its Management: A Global Challenge

Bhattacharya

Chatterjee

2021

River Sand Mining Modelling and Sustainable Practice

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Socioenvironmental issues of river bed material extraction in the Himalayan piedmont (India)

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

Place-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface

Place-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface

Human Impact on the River Channels Morphology in the Himalayas and Its Piedmont (India)

River Sand Mining and its Management: A Global Challenge

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