THE ENVIROMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE PIANA DEL SIGNORE (GELA, SICILY) FOR A CORRECT AGRONOMIC, CULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE UPGRADING AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE AREA
In Sicily it is witnessing an environmental degradation that can be conducted to the human activity and the already known process of desertification. The present study had as object the c/da Piana del Signore in plain of Gela being an area characterized by an extreme aridity and salinity. Through co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2017-11-01
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| Series: | EQA |
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| Online Access: | https://eqa.unibo.it/article/view/7309 |
| Summary: | In Sicily it is witnessing an environmental degradation that can be conducted to the human activity and the already known process of desertification. The present study had as object the c/da Piana del Signore in plain of Gela being an area characterized by an extreme aridity and salinity. Through consultation and study of the various researches realized on the area, the various environmental and territorial characteristics outlined, highlighting the issues and possible improvements. The objective was to outline the damages caused by man proposing possible routes for a correct requalification of the area in order to enhance a landscape of great agronomic and naturalistic interest. In fact to enhance that area it is necessary to restore it and, in this case, it is to undertake an activity of depollution, given that today in the area are deposited waste of any natura therefore highly polluting. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-9898 2281-4485 |