SANDLINKS · Framing sand sustainability in a telecoupled world
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2019-10-01 → 2022-09-30
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 248 426 €
- Участници
- 2
- Схема
- MSCA-IF
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Пясъкът и чалът за строителството се изследват чрез техния добив, транспорт и търговия. Това е важно, за да се разберат екологичните вреди и да се подобри управлението на тези ограничени ресурси.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Framing sand sustainability in a telecoupled world
Humanity is using natural resources at an unprecedented scale. Global raw material extraction grew by 94% between 1980 and 2010 to reach 70 Bt per year in 2010 and is predicted to reach 100 Bt by 2030. Sand and gravel are the most extracted group of materials worldwide. The construction industry is behind this huge demand. Sand is critical for concrete, land-reclamation projects, or combating coastal erosion. Despite enormous advances being made to understand and quantify the footprint of human infrastructure, the “off-site” impacts derived from the provision of construction minerals are largely ignored. An ever-increasing demand for these resources is putting more and more strain on limited deposits, which has led to conflicts around the world and will likely lead to “tragedies of the sand commons” if sustainable mining cannot be achieved. The SANDLINKS project addresses this critical yet neglected crisis and aimed to improve our understanding of how an increasing demand for sand affects complex human-nature dynamics and connects with environmental and sustainability challenges through mining, transportation, trade, and consumption. The project applied and operationalized a systems integration approach, the telecoupling framework, and conducted studies at multiple scales to strengthen the knowledge base and examine the process dynamics and mechanisms of sand mining transitions across contexts, combining research methods such as evidence synthesis, material flow analysis, and policy sequencing. As a result, this research has advanced the understanding of the magnitude and extent of the impacts of mining activities on biodiversity and people and has contributed to identifying pathways leading to a more sustainable management and governance of construction minerals in the 21st century.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Global raw material extraction grew by 94% between 1980 and 2010 to reach a total of 70 Bt per year in 2010, and is predicted to reach 100 Bt by 2030. Sand and gravel are the most extracted group of materials worldwide. The construction industry is behind this huge demand. Sand is critical for concrete, land-reclamation projects or combating coastal erosion. Despite enormous advances being made to understand and quantify the footprint of human infrastructure, the “off-site” impacts derived from the provision of construction minerals are largely ignored. An ever-increasing demand for these resources is putting more and more strain on limited deposits, which has led to conflicts around the world and will likely lead to a “tragedy of the sand commons” if sustainable mining cannot be achieved. The project aims to understand how an increasing demand for sand affects complex human-nature dynamics and connects with environmental and sustainability challenges through mining, transportation, trade and consumption. I will apply and operationalize a systems integration approach, the telecoupling framework, and conduct studies at multiple scales to strengthen the knowledge base and contribute to develop possible pathways into a sustainable management and governance of construction minerals. This research will combine research methods such as evidence synthesis, material flow analysis and agent-based modeling. The research is proposed as a 3-year GF. MSU will be my host during the outgoing phase in USA and I will be hosted at UCL in Belgium during the third year. The MSCA will allow me to consolidate my transition to this field and become a pioneer in the application of an integrated perspective to address the environmental and socioeconomic interlinkages resulting from sand supply and demand. This research has great potential for scientific advancement and it will open up the best career possibilities for my career and new collaboration opportunities for the host organisations.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · LOUVAIN LA NEUVEКоординаторБелгия
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · East Lansing, MichiganСъединени щати
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз