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Giuseppe Verdiani
Basin Authority of Apulia, 70010 Valenzano, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 26 February 2018 in Water
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Land use affects eco-hydrological processes with consequences for floods and droughts. Changes in land use affect ecosystems and hydrological services. The objective of this study is the analysis of hydrological services through the quantification of water resources, pollutant loads, land retention capacity and soil erosion. On the basis of a quantitative evaluation, the economic values of the ecosystem services are estimated. By assigning an economic value to the natural resources and to the hydraulic system, the hydrological services can be computed at the scale of catchment ecosystem. The proposed methodology was applied to the basin “Bonis” (Calabria Region, Italy). The study analyses four land use scenarios: (i) forest cover with good vegetative status (baseline scenario); (ii) modification of the forest canopy; (iii) variation in forest and cultivated surfaces; (iv) insertion of impermeable areas. The simulations prove that the variations of the state of forest areas has considerable influence on the water balance, and then on the provided economic value. Small economic changes derive from reducing the impermeable areas. Increasing the agricultural area to 50% of the total, and reducing the forest surface, affects soil erosion, reduces the storage capacity of the water, and consequently the water harvesting. The suggested methodology can be considered a suitable tool for land planning.

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Marcello Mastrorilli; Gianfranco Rana; Giuseppe Verdiani; Giuseppe Tedeschi; Antonio Fumai; Giovanni Russo. Economic Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean River Basins Applied to a Case Study in Southern Italy. Water 2018, 10, 241 .

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Marcello Mastrorilli, Gianfranco Rana, Giuseppe Verdiani, Giuseppe Tedeschi, Antonio Fumai, Giovanni Russo. Economic Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean River Basins Applied to a Case Study in Southern Italy. Water. 2018; 10 (3):241.

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Marcello Mastrorilli; Gianfranco Rana; Giuseppe Verdiani; Giuseppe Tedeschi; Antonio Fumai; Giovanni Russo. 2018. "Economic Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean River Basins Applied to a Case Study in Southern Italy." Water 10, no. 3: 241.

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Published: 01 January 2016 in Contemporary Engineering Sciences
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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Re-use of agricultural biomass for nurseries using proximity composting. Contemporary Engineering Sciences 2016, 9, 1151 -1182.

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Giovanni Russo, Giuseppe Verdiani, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Re-use of agricultural biomass for nurseries using proximity composting. Contemporary Engineering Sciences. 2016; 9 ():1151-1182.

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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. 2016. "Re-use of agricultural biomass for nurseries using proximity composting." Contemporary Engineering Sciences 9, no. : 1151-1182.

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Published: 08 September 2013 in Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Agricultural activities cause the production of considerable amounts of waste sometimes dangerous that must be properly handled to avoid negative impacts on rural areas and on agroecosystems. The estimation of qualitative and quantitative characteristics of agricultural waste products and the capacity of rural land of transposing organic matter deriving from the processes of composting, is a key point for the planning and management of the waste integrated cycle. The aims of this study are the evaluation of the quantities of various types of agricultural waste on territorial scale, the amount of compost that can be used in rural areas affected by different cultures and the effectiveness of community composter in the treatment of vegetable agricultural waste for the production of green composted soil. These assessments were carried out in an area of study characterized by a high spatial density of greenhouses. The methodological procedure used is based on the use of agricultural waste production coefficients and maximum application rates of compost for cultivation. The results show the role and potential of the agricultural areas in the waste cycle from production to the potential reuse of recovered material.

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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani. Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2013, 44, 1 .

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Giovanni Russo, Giuseppe Verdiani. Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 2013; 44 (2):1.

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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani. 2013. "Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 44, no. 2: 1.

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Published: 06 September 2013 in Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Agricultural activities cause the production of considerable amounts of waste sometimes dangerous that must be properly handled to avoid negative impacts on rural areas and on agroecosystems. The estimation of qualitative and quantitative characteristics of agricultural waste products and the capacity of rural land of transposing organic matter deriving from the processes of composting, is a key point for the planning and management of the waste integrated cycle. The aims of this study are the evaluation of the quantities of various types of agricultural waste on territorial scale, the amount of compost that can be used in rural areas affected by different cultures and the effectiveness of community composter in the treatment of vegetable agricultural waste for the production of green composted soil. These assessments were carried out in an area of study characterized by a high spatial density of greenhouses. The methodological procedure used is based on the use of agricultural waste production coefficients and maximum application rates of compost for cultivation. The results show the role and potential of the agricultural areas in the waste cycle from production to the potential reuse of recovered material.

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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani. Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2013, 44, 1 .

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Giovanni Russo, Giuseppe Verdiani. Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 2013; 44 (2):1.

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Giovanni Russo; Giuseppe Verdiani. 2013. "Production and reuse of waste in rural area with high density of greenhouse." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 44, no. 2: 1.

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Published: 26 March 2013 in Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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In Italy, a large number of agricultural areas are contaminated by organic and inorganic polluting substances. In such areas, the agricultural operators come into contact with the environmental contaminants through inhalation and dermic contact with dusts and vapour, and this exposure can potentially alter the biological equilibrium with consequent poisonings and/or work-related illness. The aim of this paper is to apply a methodological procedure for the numerical evaluation of the health risk for agricultural employees operating in open fields or inside greenhouses located in areas contaminated with organic pollutants. This procedure is in response to the lack of calculation models concerning these types of environment and agricultural activities. As a case study, this methodology has been applied to an agricultural area of southern Italy characterised by the presence of pollutants. The results underline that in this area there is a smaller concentration of pollutants in open field cultivations than inside greenhouses owing to a phenomenon of dispersion into the atmosphere. This numeric analysis will later be verified by measurements carried out in situ in order to evaluate the real situation on the ground.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Giovanni Russo; Giacomo Scarascia-Mugnozza; Giuseppe Verdiani. Sanitary risk analysis for farm workers exposed to environmental pollutants. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2013, 43, e21 .

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Simone Pascuzzi, Giovanni Russo, Giacomo Scarascia-Mugnozza, Giuseppe Verdiani. Sanitary risk analysis for farm workers exposed to environmental pollutants. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 2013; 43 (4):e21.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Giovanni Russo; Giacomo Scarascia-Mugnozza; Giuseppe Verdiani. 2013. "Sanitary risk analysis for farm workers exposed to environmental pollutants." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 43, no. 4: e21.