Volume 3, Issue 3 (2007) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

A Case Study of River Rehabilitation for Fish in Northern Italy: The Panaro River Project

Claudio Comoglio — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.85.92

The restoration of longitudinal connectivity of a watercourse altered by man-made obstacles is a key issue for the protection and safeguard of freshwater ecosystems and the construction of fish passes...

The Role of Slope Geometry on Flowslide Occurrence

Chiara Deangeli — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.93.97

The paper reports a study aimed to the prediction of susceptibility to flowslide of granular soil slopes as a consequence of the in situ state of stress. In particular, the slope geometry has been inv...

Evaluation of Nitrogen Non-Point Sources in Po River Near Turin

Giuseppe Genon — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.98.105

The non-point hydraulic and nitrogen loads in the stretch of Po river upstream and downstream from the city of Turin have been investigated, on the basis of regular data concerning quality and flow ra...

Heat Transport Modeling in an Aquifer Downgradient a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Italy

Rajandrea Sethi — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.106.110

Heat generation inside municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills is due to aerobic and anaerobic exothermic reactions occurring inside the waste. The result of heat generation and transport inside sanitar...

The Spatial-Temporal Variability of Nitrates in a Section of the Cuneo Plain (North West Italy)

Massimo Vincenzo Civita — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.111.116

The study of an aquifer system is very important, but also very complicated because of the high temporal and spatial variabilities of a system and because of the phenomena that are at play within the ...

Groundwater Nitrate Contamination Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Parametric Systems and Simulation Modelling

Dario Sacco — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.117.125

Groundwater nitrate contamination is a source of rising concern that has been faced through the introduction of several regulations in different countries. However the methodologies used in the defini...

Environmental Management Systems in Local Authorities: The Case Study of the Cesana Torinese Municipality, a Turin 2006 Olympic Site

Serena Botta — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.126.134

Environmental certification according to the ISO 14001 standard and EMAS regulation represents an efficient tool for those organizations who want to continuously improve their environmental performanc...

Foundry Wastes Reuse and Recycling in Concrete Production

Silvia Fiore — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.135.142

The industrial process of a cast iron foundry plant located in the North of Italy was analyzed in order to determine the amount and kind of produced wastes. The main fractions are core and moulding sa...

The Influence of the Climatic Factors on the Decay of Marbles: an Experimental Study

Paola Marini — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.143.150

Stone decay is affected by the influence of climatic factors. In particular marble degradation, that could be expressed by decohesion and /or bowing, is mainly due to the action of temperature and wat...

Lab Tests for the Remediation of a PCE Polluted Site by Means of HRC Reactant

Maria Chiara Zanetti — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.151.157

The injection of reactants is a remediation technology that may be applied both in the vadose zone and in groundwater. In this work a new reagent is examined for the remediation of the vadose zone and...

Performance Assessment and Monitoring of a Permeable Reactive Barrier for the Remediation of a Contaminated Site

Valerio Zolla — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.158.165

The present study illustrates the long-term monitoring plan carried out in order to investigate the performance of a zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier (PRB) at a chlorinated solvents’ site...

PM Emissions in a Urban Context

Enrico Brizio — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.166.174

Within a urban environment, three different sources of particulate matter should be considered: heating plants using different combustibles (natural gas, gas oil, fuel oil, wood), industrial plants pl...

Open ended-coaxial Cable Measurements of Saturated Sandy Soils

Alberto Godio — 2007-09-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 September 2007; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2007.175.182

The application of electromagnetic methods in the radar and micro-wave frequency band allows the fluid content of soils to be estimated; the heuristic or physically-based models permit to relate the o...