Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to study the effects of sand mining on sub-structure of
buildings in New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region. The research design used
for this study was a case study. The population for the study involved sand miners and
chiefs of Koforidua (New Juaben Municipality). The purposive sampling technique was
used to select a sample size of 200 for the study. This was made up of 176 household
respondents, 7opinion leaders, 15 informants and 2chiefs. Data collection instruments
used includes questionnaire, interview and observation. Both quantitative and qualitative
techniques were used to analyse the data for the study. The Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS version 20) software was used to analyse data. The study results
concluded that sand mining communities are associated with destructions to the sub structures of buildings, vegetation cover, creation of gullies on farmlands and other
damages to the physical environment. Unfortunately, these degraded sites become
unproductive because no measures are put in place to reclaim the lost lands.
Consequently, several acres of lands are lost annually to the activities of sand mining in
various parts of the region. All efforts must therefore be put in place by the district
assemblies, in collaborations with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry
of Food and Agriculture; to restore the lands that are destroyed in the wake of sand
mining activities. The study recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency
should intensify operations to combat illegal sand mining activities in the New Juaben
Municipality.
Description:
DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONS.
OCTOBER, 2018