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  NWO award for sand scarcity as new emerging crisis of …

  20231127 · Much of the sand needed for coastal replenishment, land reclamation and construction is extracted from sandbanks in the sea. However, sand reserves in the North Sea around Belgium and Zeeland are depleting. Moreover, sea sand extraction threatens the stability of sandbanks and their associated ecol…

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  A global sand crisis looms — here’s how to dodge it

  2022328 · Even so, strategies such as reducing new construction, concrete reuse, smart urban planning and use of sand substitutes could help. If the world implements all of these to their full potential by ...

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  TNsand: Securing Sand Online for a Sustainable Tamil Nadu

  2024411 · Tamil Nadu, a state renowned for its historical sites and breathtaking coastlines, faces a growing challenge: sand scarcity. The government established TNsand, an online platform for booking sand to ensure responsible extraction and fair distribution. This article provides a comprehensive overview of registering and navigating TNsand for …

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  Marine dredged sediments as new materials resource for road construction

  The experimental results show the feasibility of the beneficial use of Dunkirk marine dredged sand and sediments as a new material for the construction of foundation and base layers for roads. Further research is now needed to prove the resistance of this new material to various environmental impacts (e.g., frost damage).

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  Urban water scarcity in China: A systematic review of …

  2023823 · Urban water scarcity (UWS) has become a major constraint on socioeconomic development. To understand the research advances of UWS in China, we systematically reviewed literature published from ...

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  Current construction and demolition waste management …

  2023318 · The need to impose construction and demolition waste (CDW) management strategies and policies in all stages of construction is crucial in the attainment of a more sustainable construction.

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  City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China

  202453 · In fact, water withdrawals for construction and services account for an average of about 20% of total domestic water withdrawal 14. Internationally speaking, water accounting in China now lags ...

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  Smart materials and technologies for sustainable concrete construction ...

  2023101 · As climate change and resource scarcity continue to pose major challenges, there is an urgent need for more sustainable solutions in concrete construction.

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  Assessing sand dams for contributions to local water security …

  202434 · For variables with appropriate data before and after dam construction, a t -test (paired two-sample for means) was conducted to identify whether the sand dam caused a significant change in the variable (e.g., number of months per year water could be collected from the sand dam site before and after construction of the dam).

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  Fresh water resource, scarcity, water salinity challenges and …

  202381 · This paper is therefore aimed at reviewing the quantitative and qualitative aspect of water resource and put remedy and future perspective to halt the increasing freshwater scarcity. Particularly, issues focusing on freshwater resource, withdrawal, scarcity and the roles of withdrawal and salinity in freshwater scarcity is pinpointed.

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