Biopotentiality as an index of environmental compensation for composting plants

Alberto Pivato; Stefano Vanin; Luca Palmeri; Alberto Barausse; Giovanni Mangione; Michele Rasera; Monego Gianluca

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.03.023

Biopotentiality as an index of environmental compensation for composting plants

Alberto Pivato, Stefano Vanin, Luca Palmeri, Alberto Barausse, Giovanni Mangione, Michele Rasera, Monego Gianluca

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1607-1615
Number of pages	9
Journal	Waste Management
Volume	33
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2013.03.023
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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