New Technologies for Ecosystem Analysis Planning and Management

Picuno, Pietro; Tortora, Alfonso; Sica, Carmela; Capobianco, Rocco Luigi

doi:10.5772/37443

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“…An inappropriate disposal of APW produces an environmental and economic problem: it causes aesthetic pollution, agro-ecosystem degradation, soil and water contamination, release of harmful substances and air pollutants, food contamination; APW is moreover contaminated with pesticides and fertilizers (Briassoulis et al, 2013). APW can be suitable for an economically feasible mechanical recycling and could be used even for producing other plastic materials, such as street furnitures, or used as matrix for eco-composite materials reinforced with cellulosic materials and coupling agents, in order to reduce the quantity of plastics produced with non-renewable petrochemicals and to prevent waste production (Picuno et al, 2011(Picuno et al, , 2012bPicuno, 2014;Sica et al, 2015a;González-Sánchez et al, 2014).…”

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Agricultural plastic waste mapping using GIS. A case study in Italy

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Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Agricultural plastic waste mapping using GIS. A case study in Italy

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New Technologies for the Sustainable Management and Planning of Rural Land and Environment

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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin

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New technologies could be adequately introduced for an improved analysis aimed to the sustainable management and planning of the rural land, as well as its environment and landscape. Nowadays, this analysis is easier and more complete through the use of powerful and reliable tools. Several changes can be considered to be as models of territorial development, useful for an appropriate planning of the human interventions in a rural area. Remote sensing techniques could be employed for the monitoring of agricultural land variation, while Geographical Information Systems are excellent tools for landscape modeling and three-dimensional analysis. In this chapter, land-use changes in a rural area located in southern Italy were analyzed by comparing some historical cartographic supports with modern maps, in order to evaluate the morphological and vegetation variations of the agroforestry land during time. Moreover, a landscape analysis was conducted through the implementation of digital terrain models, which were enriched by draping land cover pictures over them. These elaborations finally enabled an evaluation in a scenic way of the aesthetic quality of the agroforestry landscape, allowing a virtual jump back to time periods when digital aerial photography was not yet even possible. This multi-temporal analysis with the support of GIS techniques revealed to have a great potential for assessing and managing landscape diversity and changes of vegetation, as well as for planning sound interventions over the landscape structures.

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Mapping of Agriculture Plastic Waste

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Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia

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The current intensification of the use of plastic materials in agriculture, although has increased significantly the productivity, is also generating growing adverse effects on the environment of the agro-ecosystem. The agriculture is responsible for a massive use of plastic materials, in addition to energy and water inputs, chemical fertilizer and pesticides. Besides the pollution generated during the manufacture, at the end of their lifetime plastic materials used for crop covering, soil mulching, packaging, containers, pots, irrigation and drainage pipes, may became a pollution source when improperly disposed, leaved on the ground or burned. Instead the agricultural plastic waste (APW), if correctly collected, can be used as a new secondary raw material or as an energy source. An adequate APW management can prevent economical losses and environmental damages.\ud \ud The territory of the Barletta, Andria, Trani Province (BAT), in the Apulia Region, South Italy, is an agricultural area characterized by vineyards, olive groves, orchards and vegetables; it represents an area of intense production of plastic wastes and with a widespread problem linked to the application of unacceptable disposal practices.\ud \ud The goal of this study is to define and quantify the different types of plastic waste produced by the agricultural practice in a restricted area of the municipal area of Trani and Barletta, to localize the points where the most remarkable quantities of them are generated, and to provide the local Authorities and the decision makers of a useful tool for implementing an efficient and effective waste management. A dedicated geo-referenced database was designed using land use maps in a GIS environment and applying a methodology that can be functional for any kind of agricultural plastic waste. The resulting database gives updated and complete information on the plastic waste generation, over the land, related to the cultivation kind

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New Technologies for Ecosystem Analysis Planning and Management

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Agricultural plastic waste mapping using GIS. A case study in Italy

Agricultural plastic waste mapping using GIS. A case study in Italy

New Technologies for the Sustainable Management and Planning of Rural Land and Environment

Mapping of Agriculture Plastic Waste

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