2010.3.19 Quarries. Rehabilitation of Deserted Quarires in Lebanon to Initial Land Cover or Alternative Land Uses. DOI: Land Degradation and Desertification:
Read More2011.5.17 Years of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas
Read More2010.1.1 Abstract. Abandoned quarries in Lebanon represent not only deteriorated scenery but also a negative element leading to landscape fragmentation and ecosystem
Read More2010.8.23 allowed us to identify the main barriers that hamper rehabilitation of quarries in Lebanon. Quarries in Lebanon are found to
Read More2017.8.27 of quarries were abandoned in Lebanon and still left unmanaged. Decades of unreg-ulated urban and industrial growth have left hundreds of quarry scars across the
Read MoreABSTRACT Years of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover
Read MoreAbandoned quarries in Lebanon represent not only deteriorated scenery but also a negative element leading to landscape fragmentation and ecosystem deterioration. Between 1996
Read More2023.6.2 The integrated management of Lebanon's natural resources, including its quarries, will also have a positive impact on the country's economy in the long term,
Read More2015.10.27 In Lebanon there are six different types of quarrying operations: rock quarries, sand quarries, mosaic quarries, decorative stone quarries, cement quarries and
Read More2013.5.21 1:46. The abandoned quarries by the Lebanon Valley Mall are believed to have supplied limestone for the Coleman mansions, bridge abutments, and the North
Read More2021.11.23 In Lebanon, quarries have been significantly contributing to the economy after the end of the civil war in 1990 (Verdeil et al., 2007). Due to the increased demand on construction
Read More2022.3.21 A large number of abandoned quarries are scattered in Lebanon as a result of unplanned infrastructure developement. With other 1,000 quarry sites left without restoration, abandoned sites leave scars in scenery and have negative impact on local ecosystems and livelihoods of the surrounding communities. We, at Holcim Holcim, are
Read More2021.7.15 Conclusions. In order to examine the status quo and propose future directions of illegal dumping research, this study systematically reviewed the literature related to illegal dumping that are published in major databases (WoS, Scopus and Google Scholar) since 1990. This research approaches the illegal dumping via multi-disciplinary
Read More2017.5.10 The National Action Programee to combat desertification prepared by MOA, traces three decrees that addresses quarries in Lebanon. The First is decree No. 235 dated 1935. The second is decree No ...
Read More2002.1.29 Rehabilitation Ecology by Revegetation: Approach and Results from Two Mediterranean Countries. January 2002. The Korean Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.5141/JEFB.2002.25.1.009.
Read More2019.2.3 The author presents the ancient history of the world famous Lebanese fossil fishes quarries, demonstrating that the first written quotation was due to Eusebius of Caesarea and dated back to the IV ...
Read More2023.4.1 Using GIS and optimization to manage CDW: The case of abandoned quarries in Lebanon. Waste Management (2019) M.S. Aslam et al. Review of construction and demolition waste management in China and USA. Journal of Environmental Management (2020) A. Baldwin et al.
Read MoreYears of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries ...
Read MoreABSTRACT Abandoned quarries in Lebanon represent not only deteriorated scenery but also a negative element leading to landscape fragmentation and ecosystem deterioration. Between 1996 and 2005 the number of quarries increased from 711 to 1,278 with a
Read MoreAbandoned quarries in Lebanon represent not only deteriorated scenery but also a negative element leading to landscape fragmentation and ecosystem deterioration. Between 1996 and 2005 the number ...
Read MoreYears of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries ...
Read More2017.8.27 sensing data from 2005 showed that 21.5% of quarries were distributed on forest-land/arable land while 32.4% of quarries were detected on scrubland-grassland. Due to institutional weakness and the absence of a national policy, most Lebanese quarries have not been exploited following environmental concepts. To facilitate
Read More2001.5.1 about 52% of the quarries in Mount Lebanon, which is. the largest supplier for Beirut consumers). As is clear in. Figure 2, the majority of the representative quarry sites.
Read MoreDownload scientific diagram Typical steep quarry face. from publication: Environmental Management of Quarries as Waste Disposal Facilities Problems associated with the disposal of municipal ...
Read More2007.3.1 dynamics on abandoned limestone quarries in Lebanon (Khater, 2004; Khater et al., 2003) and attempts to answer the fo llowing question: where and when is an intervention by .
Read More2011.5.1 Years of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries ...
Read MoreThe impact of forest fire on three Mediterranean forest types: Pinus pinea, Pinus halepensis/brutia and broadleaved was assessed through three indicators: regeneration capability, wood and Non Wood Forest Product (NWFP) losses. In every forest type, five plots of burnt forest through a sequence of 5 years interval, from 1 to 20 years repeated
Read More2010.8.23 Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries covering 2897 ha in 1989, to 1278 quarries covering 5267 ha in 2005.
Read MoreYears of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries ...
Read MoreTo assess availability of soil material in the vicinity of degraded quarries, an updated soil map of Lebanon at 1:200,000 scale was used (Darwish et al., 2002). ... View in full-text Similar ...
Read MoreYears of unregulated mining activity have left hundreds of abandoned quarries across Lebanon. Satellite images show that the number of quarries and areas they cover increased, from 784 quarries ...
Read More2017.8.23 gates. In 1996, a nationwide study of quarries in Lebanon was undertaken by Dar Al-Handasah, a consulting firm commissioned by the government (Dar Al-Handasah; Shair and Partners 1996). The study located all the Lebanese quarries and identified three major issues that have created various kinds of problems: legal/administrative, technical/
Read MoreThis paper aims to identify colonizing key species among the pioneer vegetation of limestone quarries in Lebanon, to identify potential restoration strategies in terms of reconstitution of the pre-mining vegetation cover. Characteristics of the major ground colonizers after disturbance were identified in a representative quarry in the thermo ...
Read More2019.7.15 A case study in Lebanon served as a testbed for the tool: A multi-criteria analysis was first used in GIS to evaluate the environmental suitability of candidate quarries based on five thematic groups: socio-economic, topography, geology, hydrology and infrastructure. The most suitable quarries were then inputted to the optimization model.
Read MoreIn addition, our team began two years ago a research project in Lebanon aiming at the introduction and development of the revegetation techniques in Lebanon. In fact, this country bared since 20 years the consequences of urban pressure on its environment especially by the development of quarries and road networks.
Read MoreSeveral criteria were identified and selected, in order to propose a direction to the rehabilitation of quarries in Lebanon (table 3), and based on these criteria, three scenarios are proposed ...
Read More2011.12.3 For quarries and hunting we have established national councils. We recently adopted new criteria to obtain quarry licenses that are much stricter than before. The government has a master plan for quarries in Lebanon. Ninety percent of the quarries in Lebanon are outside of the master plan, and of this 90 percent, very few are licensed.
Read MoreThe rock has a compact construction in Lebanon in recent years, quarries were to loose texture, is thinly to thickly bedded and includes opened near to the centres of demand for coarse aggregate. joints and fissures with some small-scale faulting. It is In view of the detrimental effect on the environment, permeable to highly permeable ...
Read More2023.10.2 Quarries in Lebanon: distribution and type. Quarries for Waste Disposal 517. The majority of medium to large-size quarries, suit-able for rehabilitation are rock quarries (see Figures 3
Read More2021.7.15 The market power and competition scenario of recycling enterprises and landfills may change in the future due to the environmental pressure caused by landfills and the environmental potential of construction and demolition waste (CDW) recycling. In this context, how these changes will affect the economic performance of enterprises and the
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