SAND!

Brief Description

Sand and gravel are the most mined raw materials in the world. In the Asia-Pacific region, by far the largest amount has been and continues to be mined. Sand mining is often accompanied by negative consequences for the environment. In Vietnam, for example, massive environmental problems arise from dredging in the course of sand extraction from water bodies. The German-Vietnamese project SAND! developed technological and management-based methods to reduce the environmental impact of dredging in the Mekong Delta and developed solutions for alternative building material resources.

Publications

• Schneider, P.; Ahmed, N.; Mihai, F.-C.; Belousova, A.; Kucera, R.; Oswald, K.-D.; Lange, T.; Le Hung, A. Life Cycle Assessment for Substitutive Building Materials Using the Example of the Vietnamese Road Sector. Applied Sciences 2023, 13, 6264. Link to the paper

• Anh, L.H.; Mihai, F.-C.; Belousova, A.; Kucera, R.; Oswald, K.-D.; Riedel, W.; Sekar, N.A.; Schneider, P. Life Cycle Assessment of River Sand and Aggregates Alternatives in Concrete. Materials 2023, 16, 2064. Link to the paper

• Naveedh Ahmed, S.; Hung Anh, L.; Thanh, N.T.; Thao, P.T.M.; Schneider, P. Life Cycle Assessment of Substitutive Building Materials for Landfill Capping Systems in Vietnam. Applied Sciences 2022, 12:6, 3063. Link to the paper
   
• Naveedh Ahmed, S.; Hung Anh, L.; Schneider, P. A DPSIR Assessment on Ecosystem Services Challenges in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Coping with the Impacts of Sand Mining. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9323. Link to the paper