Sand Mining in African Coastal Regions: Exploring the Drivers, Impacts and Implications for Environmental Sustainability in Lagos Nigeria (SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences)

Preface Acknowledgements Contents About the Authors Acronyms 1 Introduction to Sand Mining Activity 1.1 Background to Sand Mining 1.2 Summary References 2 Contributions of Sand Mining to Development 2.1 Socio-Economic Change and Sand Mining 2.2 Physical Change and Sand Mining 2.3 Contributions of Sand Mining to Development 2.4 Summary References 3 Perspectives on Sand Mining and Sustainability 3.1 Theoretical Perspectives on Sand and Sand Mining 3.2 The Theory of Sustainable Development 3.3 The Concept of Sustainable Livelihoods 3.4 Vulnerability Assessment 3.5 Model of Dynamic Livelihoods 3.6 Summary References 4 Lagos Coastal Region and Study Design 4.1 Lagos Coastal Areas 4.2 Population and Economy 4.3 Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Coastal Communities 4.4 Research Design and Sampling Procedure 4.5 Research Instrument and Administration 4.6 Training of Field Assistants 4.7 Ethical Issues 4.8 Analytical Techniques 4.9 Summary References 5 Sand Mining Sites Analysis 5.1 Sand Mining Sites and Operational Characterization in Lagos 5.2 Analysis of Socio-Economic Benefits of Sand Mining 5.3 Summary 6 Drivers and Impacts of Sand Mining 6.1 Drivers of Sand Mining in Coastal Areas of Lagos 6.2 Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining 6.3 Summary 7 Implications for Sustainability and Conclusions 7.1 Summary of Findings 7.2 Implications of Sand Mining for Environmental Sustainability 7.3 Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix I: Questionnaire Appendix II: Socio-Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining Appendix III: PCA of Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining Showing Extracted Components and Communalities Appendix IV: Drivers of Sand Mining Activities in Lagos Appendix V: PCA of Drivers of Sand Mining Showing Extracted Components and Communalities References This book explores the drivers and impacts of sand mining in the coastal areas of Lagos Nigeria. Based on empirical evidence, sand mining activity is driven by a number of urbanization-related factors while sand mining impacts are underlined by a number of sustainability-related factors. Four urbanization components describe the drivers of sand mining and four sustainability components describe the impacts of sand mining in Lagos. This book concludes on the puzzling dilemma of sand mining that supports thriving urbanization but undermines environmental sustainability in Lagos. Of course, sand mining has strong implications for environmental sustainability in Lagos coastal areas. This book is of immense benefit to environmental planners, city administrators, students of environmental science and the general public who have regards for environmental management.