Pivato, Alberto, Vanin, Stefano, Palmeri, Luca, Barausse, Alberto, Mangione, Giovanni, Rasera, Michele and Gianluca, Monego (2013) Biopotentiality as an index of environmental compensation for composting plants. Waste Management. ISSN 0956053X
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The Biopotentiality Index is a landscape ecology indicator, which can be used to estimate the latent energy of a given land and to assess the environmental impacts due to the loss of naturalness on a landscape scale. This indicator has been applied to estimate the effectiveness of the measures put in place to provide an environmental compensation for the revamping of a composting plant. These compensation measures are represented by a green belt with a minimum width of 25 m all around the plant, representing both a windbreak and a buffer zone, and by two wide wooded zones acting as core natural areas.
This case-study shows that the compensation index could be used as a key tool in order to negotiate the acceptance of waste treatment plant with the population
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Q Science > Q Science (General) |
Schools: | School of Applied Sciences School of Applied Sciences > Forensic Biology Research Group |
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Depositing User: | Sara Taylor |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2013 10:53 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 11:29 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/17621 |
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