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L'espansione delle specie legnose esotiche negli habitat naturali e seminaturali: un problema di gestione forestale attuale
2018
Le specie esotiche invasive si diffondono soprattutto in aree antropizzate, dove riescono ad occupare spazi lasciati liberi dalle specie autoctone e dalle comunità da esse edificate. In questi ultimi anni, tuttavia, numerose specie arboree ed arbustive esotiche si stanno diffondendo in Italia, oltre che in ambienti disturbati, anche in aree naturali e semi-naturali. È questo il caso dell’ailanto (Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle), una delle specie arboree esotiche invasive più diffuse e dannose negli ecosistemi forestali temperati e mediterranei di tutto il mondo. Dal punto di vista ecologico, l’ailanto mostra tutti i caratteri tipici delle specie pioniere arboree: rapido accrescimento i…
Evaluating environmental and social impacts of a transit oriented development scenario based on a fractal approach
2014
International audience
Effective Practices in Mitigating Soil Erosion from Fields
2017
Soil erosion by water is a natural process that cannot be avoided. Soil erosion depends on many factors, and a distinction should be made between humanly unchangeable (e.g., rainfall) and modifiable (e.g., length of the field) soil erosion factors. Soil erosion has both on-site and off-site effects. Soil conservation tries to combine modifiable factors so as to maintain erosion in an area of interest to an acceptable level. Strategies to control soil erosion have to be adapted to the desired land use. Knowledge of soil loss tolerance, T, i.e., the maximum admissible erosion from a given field, allows technicians or farmers to establish whether soil conservation practices need to be applied …
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCES FOR SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS
2018
Solar heating and cooling systems can significantly contribute to the energy and climate European goals. A complete assessment of this contribution needs the analysis of these systems from a life-cycle perspective, in order to estimate the energy and environmental costs of their manufacturing and end-of-life, and to compare these costs with the benefits obtained during operation. A well-established methodology to fulfil this task is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The paper describes some LCA experiences of solar heating and cooling systems, developed within the Task 53 “New generation solar cooling & heating systems (PV or solar thermally driven systems)” of the International Energy A…
Health and social impact of culture
2009
Abstract This master`s thesis concentrates on health and social impacts of culture. Main concepts of the thesis are: health, culture and social capital. Purpose of the research is to find out which are the health impacts of culture, how to measure those impacts and how could the methods used in health-measurement be improved. There will be six researches analyzed in this master`s thesis. Methodology used is content analysis of the secondary data, choosen among many scientific researches on the area of health and social impacts of arts and culture. Searching was carried through in databases of the Library of the University of Jyväskylä and in database scholar google. The main focus was set i…
Organisational GDPR Investments and Impacts
2023
The aim of this empirical multi-case study is to understand the GDPR investments and impacts of the organisations. Among these, the measuring experiences related to GDPR and information security (Isec), and the future expectations are examined. Several interesting findings were recognised, which also enabled further suggestions. First, an understanding of the organisations’ investments and their impact is built by gathering information about the actions that organisations made to fulfil the GDPR requirements. In the second phase, it is deemed necessary to examine how organisations experience the measures and evaluation of GDPR development and progress, in order to understand how respondents…