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Urban Environmental Quality 2004 - I edition

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This report, prepared by APAT with the support of the Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Protection, is an instrument of support for planning and administration in the urban environment, and therefore an integral instrument for the quality of life of the citizen.

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State of the Environment
/2004
Sommario
  1. Presentation
  2. Key messages
  3. Introduction
  4. Metropolitan areas
    Metropolitan areas, metropolitan cities: legal sources, unsolved problems
  5. Energy, atmospheric emissions and air quality
    Environmental-energy planning at a local level in all of the main Italian cities
    Atmospheric emissions in urban areas
    Atmospheric pollution in the main Italian urban settlements
  6. Transport
    Mobility in metropolitan areas
    Mobility management
    Technological instruments for the reduction of motor-vehicle emissions
    The evaluation of atmospheric emission in relation to urban mobility choices made by inhabitants
  7. Waters
    The integrated water cycle in metropolitan areas. Quantitative and qualitative aspects
    Water resource management and cost/effectiveness indicators in metropolitan areas as subject of study
    The reform of the Integrated Water System and tariffs in eight big Italian cities
  8. Waste
    Waste management and the management of urban hygiene services. Environmental quality data screening
    Technical environmental analysis of the management of urban waste
  9. Local sustainability
    The evaluation and monitoring of local sustainability instruments and the governance experiences in eight sample areas
    Tourists and residents users of the city
    The quality of the urban hospital system
  10. Nature
    Ecological quality and the defence of biodiversity in metropolitan settlements
    Urban green and biodiversity in cities
  11. Discarded areas
    Discarded industrial areas between environmental risks and the opportunity to improve the territory
  12. Exposure to radon, acoustic pollution, electromagnetic, indoor
    Exposure levels to radon in the principal Italian metropolitan areas
    Controlling acoustic pollution in the principal Italian metropolitan cities
    Electromagnetic pollution in Italian metropolitan areas
    A collection of indicators used in environmental reporting of indoor pollution. First example of application in eight of the main Italian metropolitan areas
  13. Communication and information
    Communication with stakeholders and the environmental balance sheet
    A new governance model for Local Bodies
    “The contribution of Italian metropolitan areas to environmental information on the web”
  14. Case study
    Principal environmental criticalities of the urban ecosystem in the city of Bologna from: ARPA opinion on the strategic structural plan of the Municipality of Bologna (March 2004)