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The Advanced Local Energy Planning methodology (ALEP) for the development of air quality protection and recovery plans - Case study Basilicata Region (Southern Italy)

Description : The ALEP methodology was utilised for the management of the Basilicata Region energy system. Its approach is based on a comprehensive description of the territory including social and economical characteristics, land use, and energy, materials and pollutants flow from anthropogenic activities. In th...
Repository : Archenvimat
Language(s) : English

Cost analysis in the definition of environmental recovery strategies- case study Basilicata Region (Southern Italy)

Description : The IEA-MARKAL, a bottom-up energy-technology model, was applied to the Basilicata Region energy system (Southern Italy) for determining a cost-efficient use of resources which provides at the same time a decrease of the SO2, NOx and CO2 pollutant emissions. A multi-objective analysis was performed...
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Language(s) : English

Waste management modeling by MARKAL model: A case study for Basilicata Region

Description : Air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems which affects likewise urban, industrial and rural areas. Environmental planners, regulators and decision makers need reliable, scientifically based tools to find out strategies for controlling air pollution in a cost-effective way, ta...
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Language(s) : English

The management of urban waste at regional scale: The state of the art and its strategic evolution case study Basilicata Region (southern Italy)

Description : In the elaboration of a waste management plan for the Basilicata Region, a comprehensive study was performed to find out waste management strategies technically acceptable, cost - efficient and environmentally compatible. In this framework a preliminary characterisation of municipal solid waste was ...
Repository : Archenvimat
Language(s) : English

Waste management system optimisation for Southern Italy with MARKAL model

Description : The MARKAL models generator was utilised to build up a comprehensive model of the anthropogenic activities system which points out the linkages between productive processes and waste disposal technologies. The aim of such a study is to determine the optimal configuration of the waste management syst...
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Language(s) : English

Comprehensive modelling for approaching the Kyoto targets on a local scale

Description : This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the MARKAL comprehensive model in the development of coherent medium-term strategies and sound climate protection policies at local level. The local case study (Val d'Agri, Basilicata region, Italy) discusses the possible role of local communities in...
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Language(s) : English

Environmental and economic effects of renewable energy sources use on a local case study

Description : Renewable sources represent an effective alternative to fossil fuels for preventing resources depletion and for reducing air pollution. However, their diffusion requires huge capital investment and major infrastructure changes, which have to be assessed to verify their effectiveness. The article pre...
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Language(s) : English

Approaching the Kyoto targets: a case study for Basilicata region (Italy)

Description : Approaching the national Kyoto Protocol (KP) targets involves a re-definition of the actual configuration of local energy systems. This study deals with a local scale application of the IEA-MARKAL models generator, in which the anthropogenic system of Basilicata Region (Southern Italy) is investigat...
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Language(s) : English

Robust satellite techniques for remote sensing of seismically active areas

Description : Several satellite techniques have been recently proposed to remotely map seismically active zones and to monitor geophysical phenomena possibly associated with earthquakes. Even if questionable in terms of their effective applicability, all these techniques highlight as the major problem, still to b...
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Language(s) : English

Fractality in broken clouds and the scan geometry of new satellite-borne infrared sensors

Description : Cloud scenes observed by the Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer on board the Japanese polar platform Advanced Earth Observing Satellite have been analysed to check the validity of power laws extending from the length scale of a few metres to several kilometers. The kind of scaling law we ...
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Language(s) : English

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