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Biopotentiality as an index of environmental compensation for composting plants |
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| Authors: | Alberto Pivato Stefano Vanin Luca Palmeri Alberto Barausse Giovanni Mangione Michele Rasera Monego Gianluca |
| Institution: | 1. ICEA, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy;2. Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences, School of Applied Science, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK;3. Environmental Systems Analysis Lab (LASA), Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy;4. Teseo Ingegneria, via Dei Da Prata 14, 31100 Treviso, Italy;5. Contarina S.p.A., Via Vittorio Veneto 6, Lovadina di Spresiano, 31027 Treviso, Italy |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Biopotentiality Composting plant Environmental compensation Landscape ecology |
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