This work is part of a larger project, which aims at investigating the environmental sustainability of the Province of Siena and of its communes. by means of different indicators and methods of analysis. The research presented in this article uses ecological footprint and biocapacity as indicators to monitor the environmental conditions of the area of Siena, thus complementing previous studies carried out using Emergy. greenhouse gases balance and other methods. The calculations have been performed in such a way as to enable a disaaaregation of the final results according to the classical categories of ecologically productive land and of consumption; but also according to citizen's and public administration's areas of influence. This information allows us to investigate in detail the socioeconomic aspects of environmental resource use. Among the notable results; the Siena territory is characterized by a nearly breakeven total ecological balance, a result contrasting with the national average and most of the other Italian provinces. Furthermore, the analysis has been carried out at different spatial scales (province, districts and communes), highlighting an inhotnogeneous territorial structure consisting of subareas in ecological deficit compensated by zones in ecological surplus.

Bagliani, M., Galli, A., Niccolucci, V., Marchettini, N. (2008). Ecological footprint analysis applied to a sub-national area: the case of the Province of Siena (Italy). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 86(2), 354-364 [10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.04.015].

Ecological footprint analysis applied to a sub-national area: the case of the Province of Siena (Italy)

NICCOLUCCI, V.;MARCHETTINI, N.
2008-01-01

Abstract

This work is part of a larger project, which aims at investigating the environmental sustainability of the Province of Siena and of its communes. by means of different indicators and methods of analysis. The research presented in this article uses ecological footprint and biocapacity as indicators to monitor the environmental conditions of the area of Siena, thus complementing previous studies carried out using Emergy. greenhouse gases balance and other methods. The calculations have been performed in such a way as to enable a disaaaregation of the final results according to the classical categories of ecologically productive land and of consumption; but also according to citizen's and public administration's areas of influence. This information allows us to investigate in detail the socioeconomic aspects of environmental resource use. Among the notable results; the Siena territory is characterized by a nearly breakeven total ecological balance, a result contrasting with the national average and most of the other Italian provinces. Furthermore, the analysis has been carried out at different spatial scales (province, districts and communes), highlighting an inhotnogeneous territorial structure consisting of subareas in ecological deficit compensated by zones in ecological surplus.
2008
Bagliani, M., Galli, A., Niccolucci, V., Marchettini, N. (2008). Ecological footprint analysis applied to a sub-national area: the case of the Province of Siena (Italy). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 86(2), 354-364 [10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.04.015].
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