Subsidence Management Handbook

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Subsidence movements due to various natural and manmade activities have been attracting attention of the people all over the globe because these movements have been affecting the life in many ways due to the impacts the movements cause to the surface, sub-surface and underground properties. Among the various subsidence causing activities the author has considered the underground mining in sedimentary deposits and withdrawal of water from the underground sources as the most important from the point of view of Indian scenario.

Underground mining of sedimentary deposits in India has been going on for more than 225 years and as yet there is practically no indigenous literature available for the use of the mining operators, planners, students, etc. All these people in the country have to depend on the foreign literature although the knowledge of subsidence movements and their management is not only essential for underground mine planning but also for getting the environmental clearance and ensuring the safety of the underground workings. An analysis of the indigenously available literature revealed that there is an urgent necessity of simple but effective guidelines useful to the mining operators, etc. Therefore, the author has made an effort in this book to make the operators aware of the importance of subsidence management and then of the methodology for the management so that in majority of the situations they can take their own decisions and for the complicated cases they can seek expert advice.

The activity of the withdrawal of water from the underground sources in the country is many decades old as for the various purposes, e.g., agriculture, industries, and domestic uses, water from these sources is being pumped out. Although, globally the subsidence movements due to this activity have attracted attention, the concern in India has not yet come to any age as hardly any literature is available on this subject.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Naresh C. Saxena

Prof. Naresh Chandra Saxena, former Dean and Professor at the Indian School of Mines University (ISMU), Dhanbad and former Head, Subsidence Research and Coordinator, Environment Management Group at the Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI) now Central Institute for Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad, a well known mining engineer and environmental expert, has over 44 years experience in research and academic activities in the fields of mining, environmental management and allied subjects. Prof. Saxena has authored and edited a number of books and has contributed chapter in over half dozen books. His books entitled Environmental Management in Mining Areas, Subsidence Management Handbook and Mining Environment Management Handbook have been well received. A widely traveled Scientist, Prof. Saxena has guided eight Ph.D. scholars and a large number of M. Tech. research projects. He has authored over 150 papers presented in the national and international conferences and symposia and published in the national and international journals.

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Title
Subsidence Management Handbook
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Edition
Reprint
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ISBN
817233317X, 9788172333171
Length
xii+206p., Figures; Tables; Annexures; Bibliography; 23cm.
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