Relationship between quarry activity and municipal spatial planning: A possible mediation for the case of Sardinia, Italy

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 16148-16163

  Balletto, Ginevra ^a   Mei, Giovanni ^a   Garau, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land use planning; Natural aggregates (NA); Quarry activity; Recycled aggregates (RA); Sardinia; Sustainable urban planning; Urban masterplan (UMP); Zoning

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; LAND USE PLANNING; QUARRYING; RECYCLING; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING POLICY;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84952309866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71215801     Document Type: Article

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