Evaluation of carrying capacity and territorial environmental sustainability
Abstract
Land use has a great impact on environmental quality, use of resources, state of ecosystems and socio-economic development. Land use can be considered sustainable if the environmental pressures of human activities do not exceed the ecological carrying capacity. A scientific knowledge of the capability of ecosystems to provide resources and absorb waste is a useful and innovative means of supporting territorial planning. This study examines the area of the Province of Bari to estimate the ecosystems’ carrying capacity, and compare it with the current environmental pressures exerted by human activities. The adapted methodology identified the environmentally sustainable level for one province.
Keywords
ecosystem capacity, environmental pressures, land use.
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PDFDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jae.2012.e10
Submitted: 2012-05-14 11:05:51
Published: 2012-09-27 16:28:12
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The Journal of Agricultural Engineering [eISSN 2239-6268] is the official journal of the Italian Society of Agricultural Engineering and it is published online by PAGEPress®, Pavia, Italy. Registered in Pavia, n. 9/2012. All credits and honors to PKP for their OJS.