Environmental Management in Mining Areas
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 2. Roles of executives in environmental management/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 3. Environmental administration with special reference to mining/Gurdeep Singh & Naresh Chandra Saxena. 4. Environmental impacts of mining and associated activities/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 5. Societal environment/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 6. Ecological environment/Subodh Kumar Maiti. 7. Land environment/Rekha Ghosh. 8. Subsidence management/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 9. Environmental implications of mine fires/Durga Charan Panigrahi. 10. Water management/Rekha Ghosh, Gurdeep Singh & Naresh Chandra Saxena. 11. Air pollution management/Gurdeep Singh & Asim Kumar Pal. 12. Noise pollution management/Asim Kumar Pal. 13. Environmental impacts of blasting and their mitigation/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 14. Environmental impact assessment/Indra Nath Sinha & Gurdeep Singh. 15. Applications of remote sensing technology/Vinoy Kumar Srivastava. 16. Preparation of environmental management plans/Naresh Chandra Saxena. 17. Environmental economics/Naresh Chandra Saxena.
"This book, which is a compilation of first hand inputs from the environmental experts, is being put forward to fulfil the much needed requirement of the mineral industry. The book in its seventeen chapters outlines
roles of executives in environmental management;
environmental administration;
environmental impacts;
societal environment,
ecological environment;
land environment including subsidence management, and land use planning;
environmental implications of mine fires;
water environment including water management;
air pollution management;
noise pollution management;
environmental impacts of blasting;
environmental impact assessment;
application of remote sensing;
preparation of environmental management plans, and
environmental economics.
for the benefit of the mineral industry. It is anticipated that the book will be useful to
the executives of the mineral industry;
the officials of the regulatory agencies,
the researchers and academicians, and
the students in undergraduate and post graduate programmes.
"The book will also be a useful addition to the libraries."
