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Assessing the impact of small-scale mining activities on land use land cover and the sustainability of mining practices in Ghana: A case of the Atiwa East district

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  • Mensah, Samuel Kofi
  • Nyantakyi, Emmanuel Kwesi
  • Mensah, Gifty Serwaa
  • Siabi, Ebenezer K.
  • Ackerson, Nana Osei Bonsu
  • Antwi-Agyei, Prince
  • Donkor, Peter
  • Siabi, Sarah Elikplim

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Small-scale mining (SSM), though an important economic activity, has caused extensive damage to water bodies, forest, agricultural land, threatening sustainability of man and the immediate environment. This is largely attributed to destructive and wasteful mining practices dominating the sector. This study assessed the impact of SSM activities on land use land cover and the sustainable practices in Ghana, using the Atiwa East District as case study. The study specifically focused on the spatio-temporal changes in land use land cover, the impact of SSM on land use land cover as well as the factors that influence sustainability in the sector. Two hundred and ten (210) respondents were selected for the study. The supervised spectral angle mapper classification algorithm in QGIS together with visual interpretation was used to classify images into various Land Use Land Cover (LULC) categories.

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  • Mensah, Samuel Kofi & Nyantakyi, Emmanuel Kwesi & Mensah, Gifty Serwaa & Siabi, Ebenezer K. & Ackerson, Nana Osei Bonsu & Antwi-Agyei, Prince & Donkor, Peter & Siabi, Sarah Elikplim, 2025. "Assessing the impact of small-scale mining activities on land use land cover and the sustainability of mining practices in Ghana: A case of the Atiwa East district," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:109:y:2025:i:c:s0301420725002612
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105719
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