IMPACTS OF SAND MINING ON RIVER MORPHOLOGY
Kingsley Chidyamayani
2025
Mr Dickson Mbeya
ASSESSING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON VEGETATION IN ZOMBA CITY, SOUTHERN REGION, MALAWI
Level of study
Undergraduate
Program of study
BSc Geo-Information and Earth Observation Sciences
Department
Earth Sciences
Graduation Year
2022
Supervisor
Mr Dickson Mbeya
Date added
21 September 2026
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Abstract
The building construction industry is well known as a source of negative environmental impacts, which are associated with production and extraction of raw materials. Some of the major impacts caused by the industry are deforestation, degradation of urban landscape, ecosystem destruction, resource depletion, land pollution, air pollution, natural disaster, effect on biodiversity and noise pollution amongst others. Therefore, the study …
… (92 more words)Study area
Traditional authority
Zomba City
District
Zomba
Coordinates
-15.3933, 35.32455
Supervisor
Research themes
Gis Programming
Geoai
Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Study area boundary
Abstract
The building construction industry is well known as a source of negative environmental impacts, which are associated with production and extraction of raw materials. Some of the major impacts caused by the industry are deforestation, degradation of urban landscape, ecosystem destruction, resource depletion, land pollution, air pollution, natural disaster, effect on biodiversity and noise pollution amongst others. Therefore, the study is mainly focusing on identifying the major negative impacts of various building construction activities on vegetation. However, ways of minimizing the negative impacts of building construction activities on vegetation should be applied and followed. The collected data was analyzed using ArcGIS, Qgis, and ENV softwares to interpret and further analyze the Landsat satellite images. Supervised Image classification analysis was also employed to generate Landcover maps, NDVI, and NDBI maps. However general guidelines on the selection for the most appropriate methodology in relation to the research aims and objectives may also be proposed.
Research summary
The building construction industry is well known as a source of negative environmental impacts, which are associated with production and extraction of raw materials. Some of the major impacts caused by the industry are deforestation, degradation of urban landscape, ecosystem destruction, resource depletion, land pollution, air pollution, natural disaster, effect on biodiversity and noise pollution amongst others. The collected data was analyzed using ArcGIS, Qgis, and ENV softwares to interpret and further analyze the Landsat satellite images. However general guidelines on the selection for the most appropriate methodology in relation to the research aims and objectives may also be proposed.
Study area description
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Location details
Traditional authority: Zomba City
District: Zomba
Coordinates: -15.3933, 35.32455
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