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Thermodynamic Approach For Territorial Planning: Different Aspects Of The Sustainable Use Of Resources And Land. A Case Study From The SPIn-Eco Project

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

63

Pages

8

Published

2003

Size

437 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/ECO030661

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

S. Bastianoni, F. M. Pulselli & R. M. Pulselli

Abstract

Thermodynamic approach for territorial planning: different aspects of the sustainable use of resources and land. A case study from the SPIn-Eco project S. Bastianoni, F. M. Pulselli & R. M. Pulselli Department of Chemical and Biosystems Sciences, University of Siena, Italy Abstract Managing the resources, both natural and manufactured, is a key problem for every modern society. Any environmental program, both at a local and a global level, has to pay attention to the correct use of them in time. According to the statements of Herman Daly, there are some resources-use criteria to follow in order to reach a sustainable society which is founded on a sustainable economic basis as well. The paper presents an environmental assessment of the use of resources at a local level by a thermodynamic based methodology: emergy evaluation, introduced by Howard Odum. The results of the analysis indicate some critical points and then different path of a feasible future development. The conclusions are then su

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