Promoting ecological sustainable planning for natural stone quarrying. The case of the Orosei Marble Producing Area in Eastern Sardinia

Resources Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-314

  Careddu, Nicola ^a   Siotto, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Land management; Marble; Quarrying

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; LABEL PRODUCTS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NATURAL STONES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SARDINIA; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS; VEHICLE TRAFFIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; MARBLE; QUARRIES; QUARRYING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARBLE; NOISE; QUARRYING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VIBRATION;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 82155197135     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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