A looming tragedy of the sand commons
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Increasing sand extraction, trade, and consumption pose global sustainability challenges
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Availability of other construction materials like wood, bricks, glass, and tiles is of increasing concern in some regions and longer-distance transport of construction materials will be necessary in the future to satisfy increasing demand, also when accounting for secondary materials.
“As for other construction materials like wood, bricks, glass, and tiles, their availability is of increasing concern in some regions and longerdistance transport of construction materials will be necessary in the future to satisfy increasing demand, also when accounting for secondary materials [35][36][37].”
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- Authors
- Torres, A., Brandt, J., Lear, K., & Liu, J.
- Affiliations
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (DE)
- Boise State University (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2017-09-08
- Volume
- 357
- Issue
- 6355
- Pages
- 970-971
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2751019520
- Cited by
- 550
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 68 · 2025: 61 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 4
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ScholarWorks (Boise State University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Geology and Environmental Impact Studies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Mining and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Aeolian processes and effects
- Keywords
- sand mining, sustainability challenges, resource depletion, environmental degradation
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