ผลกระทบของอุตสาหกรรมวัสดุก่อสร้าง ที่มีต่อทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสภาพแวดล้อมในจังหวัดสระบุรี / พินิดา พิณพยูร = The impact of construction material industry on natural resources and environment in Saraburi Province / Pinida Pinpayoon
The objective of the study “Impacts of Construction Material Industry on Natural Resources and Environment in Saraburi Province" is to look at negative impacts of construction material industry development, and to recommend preventive and corrective guidelines using the environmental impact analysis technique and data gathered from field studies of two cases: Khao Wong-Na Pra Lan area and Kaeng Koy-Muaglek area, as well as the data which has been studied and collected. Then the natural resource management guidelines are adapted to set preventive and corrective measures so as to use the natural resources appropriately. The result of the study found that the construction material industry in the area has expanded rapidly, resulting in the depletion of mineral resources to the point where land recovery is almost impossible. The air in the area is also full of dust particles. The above mentioned are major impacts. Minor impacts include the increase in the traffic, the decrease in forested areas and water sources, change in ecosystem and geography of the area, all of which may result in the long-term of land use as well as construction material industry-related diseases such a s respiratory diseases, skin diseases and accidents. The impacts will be most serious in the production sites and within their 2-kilometer radius. The study, therefore, suggests that the construction material industry in Saraburi province be slowed down and in the long-term, no new construction material industry be set up. Four preventive and corrective measures are recommended as follow: - set a 2-kilometer radius buffer from the production sites - redevelop the former mining area into reservoirs, public parts, expanded communities, grazing land or let the area restore itself naturally - limit the location of the production sites within Khao Wong-Na Pra Lan and Kaeng Koy-Muaglek areas - charge the physical production process, i.e. the deviation of the area in front of the mines and the new mineral transportation routes.
