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In itinere strategic environmental assessment of an integrated provincial waste system

Giovanna Federico

Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali (DREAM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, federico{at}dream.unipa.it

Gianfranco Rizzo

Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali (DREAM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Marzia Traverso

Dipartimento di Ricerche Energetiche ed Ambientali (DREAM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

In the paper, the practical problem of analysing in an integrated way the performance of provincial waste systems is approached, in the framework of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). In particular, the in itinere phase of SEA is analysed herein. After separating out a proper group of ambits, to which the waste system is supposed to determine relevant impacts, pertinent sets of single indicators are proposed. Through the adoption of such indicators the time trend of the system is investigated, and the suitability of each indicator is critically revised. The structure of the evaluation scheme, which is essentially based on the use of ambit issues and analytical indicators, calls for the application of the method of the Dashboard of Sustainability for the integrated evaluation of the whole system. The suitability of this method is shown through the paper, together with the possibility of a comparative analysis of different scenarios of interventions. Of course, the reliability of the proposed method strongly relies on the availability of a detailed set of territorial data. The method appears to represent a useful tool for public administration in the process of optimizing the policy actions aimed at minimizing the increasing problem represented by waste production in urban areas.

Key Words: Waste management system • integrated analysis • strategic environmental assessment • dashboard of sustainability • policy performance index • wmr 08—0014

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 27, No. 4, 390-398 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09103821
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