Abstract
Sand and gravel quarry planning must guarantee the public interest in the procurement of raw materials while ensuring environmental sustainability. An Analyzing Planning Support System for sand and gravel quarry plan can assist decision-makers during the planning process. The proposed Analyzing PSS uses integrating geologic, economic, environmental, and geographic information to quantify raw materials and the size of quarries. This kind of tool is useful to support public authority decisions. The study provides the results of an experience conducted in the province of Brescia (NUT 3 in Northern Italy).
Highlights
Sand and gravel quarrying is needed to obtain natural raw materials mainly used by the construction sector, and it is a strategic activity for the economy
This study proposes an Analyzing Planning Support System (PSS)
The proposed Analyzing PSS is usable without a previous plan; the PSS is usable without a previous plan; the pre- of previous plan monitoring database can be replaced by the simulation of the distribution vious plan monitoring databaseorcan be replaced by the simulation of the distribution of volumes in existing quarries in not yet exploited deposits
Summary
Sand and gravel quarrying is needed to obtain natural raw materials mainly used by the construction sector, and it is a strategic activity for the economy. This activity is conditioned both by the presence of raw materials in the subsoil and by sites’ accessibility and suffers market pressures caused by the demand for the material. Worldwide sand and gravel excavation is not monitored, and the use of aggregates is strictly correlated to cement production [4]. The raw material needs increased again from 2013 to 2018 when the total production of aggregates was estimated at 2.894 million tons, of which 1.135 million tons was sand and gravel [5]
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