Italy's urban waste metabolism
D'Alisa, Giacomo
Di Nola, Maria Federica
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date: 2011
Description: 30 p.
Abstract: The problem of waste management is causing growing concern due to increasing generation rates, the emissions into soil, water and air, the social conflicts derived from the election of disposal sites and the loss of resources and energy among others. In this work, an innovative methodology is used to enable a better understanding of the waste generation and management system in Italy. Two new waste indicators are built to complement the conventional indicators used by official statistics. Then a multi-scale analysis of the Density of Waste Disposed (DWD) is carried out to highlight the territorial diversity of waste performances and test its contribution to detect plausible risky areas. Starting from Italian regions, the scale down goes on to the provincial level and, only for the region of Campania, the municipal one. First, the analysis shows that the DWD is able to complement the information provided by the conventional waste indicators. Second, the analysis shows the limitations of using a unique institutional solution to waste management problems. In this sense the multi-scale analysis provides with a more realistic picture of Italian waste system than using a single scale.
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Language: Anglès
Series: Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals. Working Papers on Environmental Sciences
Series: Working Papers on Environmental Sciences ;
Document: Working paper
Subject: Residus ; Eliminació ; Models matemàtics ; Residus sòlids urbans ; Gestió -- Itàlia ; Gestió ; Itàlia



30 p, 4.8 MB

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