CONTENTS
Abstract i
Acknowledgements iii
Contents v
List of tables vii
List of figures ix
List of abbreviations xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Ship breaking 1
1.2 The environmental aspect of ship breaking 2
1.3 Aim 3
1.4 Objectives 3
1.5 Methodology 3
1.6 Scope and Limitations 4
2 Study area - Alang area development authority 5
2.1 Background 5
2.1.1 Site study area and selection criteria 6
2.2 Advantage of location 7
2.3 Climate 9
2.4 Shift of occupation - Agricultural to Industrial 9
3 Understanding of Natural Layers 11
3.1 Elevation 11
3.1.1 Backwaters 12
3.2 Geomorphology 13
3.3 Soil 14
3.4 Land Use 16
3.5 Vegetation 18
3.5.1 Mangroves 19
3.5.2 Flora and Fauna at ASSBY 19
3.6 Villages in the study area 20
4 Analysis of study area 21
4.1 Activities in the Study area 21
4.2 Global importance of the study area. 22
4.3 Growth of the Study area. 24
4.3.1 Decadal Growth and Population density 25
4.4 Processes at ASSBY 26
5 Impact of ASSBY on the quality of environment 27
5.1 Sea water Analysis 27
5.2 Sediment Analysis 28
5.3 Quality of Air 30
5.4 Macro benthos fauna 30
5.5 Types of waste and their impacts 31
6 Impact of ASSBY on natural resources 35
6.1 Impact on Surface hydrology 35
6.2 Impact on Vegetation 36
6.3 Impact matrix 38
6.4 Cumulative impacts 39
6.5 Probable areas for future expansion 41
7 Environmental assets and Vulnerability 43
7.1 Environmental assets 43
7.2 Vulneriblity 43
7.3 Landscape evaluation and Vision statement 45
7.3.1 Landscape evaluation for very high and high vulnerability zones. 45
7.3.2 Landscape evaluation for moderate to low vulnerability zones 47
7.3.3 Vision statement 47
8 Case study - Money point revitalization plan 49
9 Proposal 53
9.1 Master plan 53
9.2 Clean up strategies 55
9.2.1 Phase I - MSW and Industrial waste management 57
9.2.2 Phase II - Stream cleanup and revival of riparian zone 58
9.2.3 Phase III- Soil cleanup and Eradication of congress grass 59
9.3 Proposal for sustainable industrial practice 60
9.4 Industrial landscape and liminality 61
9.5 Mangrove regeneration 62
10 Conclusion 63
References 65