title: Biopotentiality as an index of environmental compensation for composting plants.
abstract: 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.
authors: ICEA, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy. alberto.pivato@unipd.it
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Pivato
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Vanin
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Palmeri
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Barausse
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Mangione
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Rasera
authors: Monego
authors: M
authors: Gianluca
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004777:Environment; D007558:Italy; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012987:Soil; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis; D035501:Uncertainty; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil