Urban Environmental Pollution by the Construction Industries: The Case of Dukam City Administration
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2021-06
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Addis Ababa
Abstract
Construction industry is a fundamental economic sector which permeates the other sectors as it
transforms various resources into physical economy and social infrastructure necessary for
socio-economic development. The expansions of Construction Industries are more likely to cause
environmental pollution to urban center. This Thesis examined enforcement of environmental
legal frameworks that relevant to control urban environmental pollution that emanated from
construction industries in Dukam city administration at Oromia Regional State.
The study found that the FDRE constitution and other environmental legislations guaranteed all
persons have the right to live in a clean and healthy environment is also examined by this thesis
whether they are implemented in practice or not. On the other hand, the local residents who live
around and close to a place where construction activities underway are discontented with
vehicles sound disturbance, noise, dust emission, unpleasant smell and other pollutants that have
been released from the sites.
Moreover, this thesis examines that urban environmental pollution by construction industry is
accelerated due to absence of meaningful public consultation, lack of integrated environmental
laws, lack of specific standards and weak enforcement of mitigation mechanisms to manage
expected construction waste at early stage. This study also found out that there is no
environmentally sound technology that converts construction and demolition wastes intoeconomic benefit in order to create job opportunities for unemployment citizens.
Municipal administration has a legal duty to manage construction and demolition waste either
by itself or get into agreement with construction enterprises that generated construction and
demolition wastes to refill solid waste disposal site. Dukam city EFCCA should work out
seriously on the enforcement of EIA by giving due attention for vital importance of multi
professionals, genuine public participation and strong cooperation of concerned government
sectors in order to control pollution released by construction industries to urban environment.
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Urban, Environmental Pollution and Construction Industries