The Quality of the Urban Environment 1st APAT Report
This report, prepared by APAT with the support of the Ministry
of the Environment and Territorial Protection, is an instrument of
support for planning and administration in the urban environment,
and therefore an integral instrument for the quality of life of the
citizen.
Metropolitan areas
Metropolitan areas, metropolitan cities: legal sources, unsolved
problems
Energy, atmospheric emissions and air quality
Environmental-energy planning at a local level in all of the main
Italian cities
Atmospheric emissions in urban areas
Atmospheric pollution in the main Italian urban settlements
Transport
Mobility in metropolitan areas
Mobility management
Technological instruments for the reduction of motor-vehicle
emissions
The evaluation of atmospheric emission in relation to urban
mobility choices made by inhabitants
Waters
The integrated water cycle in metropolitan areas. Quantitative and
qualitative aspects
Water resource management and cost/effectiveness indicators in
metropolitan areas as subject of study
The reform of the Integrated Water System and tariffs in eight big
Italian cities
Waste
Waste management and the management of urban hygiene services.
Environmental quality data screening
Technical environmental analysis of the management of urban
waste
Local sustainability
The evaluation and monitoring of local sustainability instruments
and the governance experiences in eight sample areas
Tourists and residents users of the city
The quality of the urban hospital system
Nature
Ecological quality and the defence of biodiversity in metropolitan
settlements
Urban green and biodiversity in cities
Discarded areas
Discarded industrial areas between environmental risks and the
opportunity to improve the territory
Exposure to radon, acoustic pollution, electromagnetic,
indoor
Exposure levels to radon in the principal Italian metropolitan
areas
Controlling acoustic pollution in the principal Italian
metropolitan cities
Electromagnetic pollution in Italian metropolitan areas
A collection of indicators used in environmental reporting of
indoor pollution. First example of application in eight of the main
Italian metropolitan areas
Communication and information
Communication with stakeholders and the environmental balance
sheet
A new governance model for Local Bodies
“The contribution of Italian metropolitan areas to
environmental information on the web”
Case study
Principal environmental criticalities of the urban ecosystem in the
city of Bologna from: ARPA opinion on the strategic structural plan
of the Municipality of Bologna (March 2004)
