Environmental And Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Of Brick Making In Budaka Town Council, Budaka District.
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2024
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Busitema University
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Bricks have been used for the last 5000years. In Uganda, the practice of brick making is
a long standing activity. An investigation on the Environmental and Socio-Economic
Impact Assessment of Brick Making was conducted in Budaka Town Council, Budaka
District. This was narrowed down to tackling impacts of the brick making on the
biophysical environment in Budaka Town Council, raw materials used and the
strategies that can be used to combat the negative effects of brick making on the
biophysical environment environmental protection in Budaka Town Council. During
the study a number of methods for obtaining row data were used included observation,
questionnaire and interview.
The study revealed the following; the raw materials used included clay, water, wood
husks, saw husks, soil, glass, grass, oil, money and labour. The products from the
industry were blocks, max pans, ventilators, roofing tiles, pompy and half bricks .Both
gender took part in the activity, although brick laying has induced economic
development. However , it has caused environmental deteriotion , damage to human
health ,creation of basins that act as breeding grounds for mosquitoes , shortage of raw
materials ,destruction of vegetation ,impact on drainage ,loss of biodiversity ,loss of
nutrients ,pollution and scenery alteration . Measures to reduce the impacts were not
digging deep pits (basins), filling up pits, sensitization, recycling damaged products,
tree planting and need to use other sources of energy.
Generally brick making has caused greater impact on the biophysical environment such
as alteration of drainage systems, swamps destruction and deforestation. Therefore this
calls for government agencies (local officials), NGOs and relevant stakeholders to
ensure mitigation measures such as research, massive sensitization to reduce the impact
for sustainable development.
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Mirembe, M. (2024). Environmental And Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Of Brick Making In Budaka Town Council, Budaka District. [Research Report]. Busitema University.