The impact of landfills on the air quality of towns: A simple heuristic model for the city of Palermo

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 287-304

  Barbaro, Salvatore ^a   Bonanno, Angelo ^b   Boscia, Maria Letizia ^c   Rizzo, Gianfranco ^a   Aronica, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Soil Unit of the Agency for the Environment Protection of the Province of Trento   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Heuristic models; Landfill; Methane emission; Urban pollutants concentration; Urban solid waste

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; LAND FILL; METHANATION; METHANE; URBAN GROWTH;

ANALYTICAL COMPUTATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; HEURISTIC MODEL; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; SOUND DETECTION AND RANGING; URBAN POLLUTANTS;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

METHANE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; DOPPLER SODAR; LANDFILL; METHANE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION POLICY; SOLID WASTE; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LANDFILL; MEASUREMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SOUND DETECTION; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349162430     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2009.021833     Document Type: Article

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