Assessment Of Intensive Agricultural Use Of Soil And Groundwater Vulnerability By Means Of GIS Facilities. Part I: A Predictive Study
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Free (open access)
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Volume
46
Pages
10
Published
2001
Size
638 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/ECO010051
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
G. Siracusa, A.D. La Rosa, M. Termini & M. Trovato
Abstract
Assessment of intensive agricultural use of soil and groundwater vulnerability by means of GIS facilities. Part I: a predictive study G. Siracusa, A.D. La Rosa, M. Termini & M. Trovato Department of Physical and Chemical Methodology for Engineering University of Catania, Italy Abstract A procedure for soil and groundwater vulnerability assessment due to activities like shedding of fertilisers, sprinkling and soil sterilisation in intensive growing, especially in greenhouses, is presented. The relationship between evaluated and expected contaminant concentrations in air, soil and groundwater, transit time, aquifer vulnerability, soil morphology and permeability are studied through a matrix of impact evaluation. Our work has been carried out on a sample area based in the south-east of Sicily, particularly rich in greenhouses. A G.l.S. is proposed for that specific area for a proper sustainable environment that, on the one hand, protects the economic interests linked to the
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