Open AccessUrbanization Affects Air and Water in Italy's Po Plain
Author(s) -
Marco Masetti,
S. V. Nghiem,
Alessandro Sorichetta,
Stefania Stevenazzi,
Paolo Fabbri,
Marco Pola,
María Filippini,
G. Robert Brakenridge
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo037575
Subject(s) - urbanization , environmental science , air water , hydrology (agriculture) , coastal plain , water resource management , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering , physics , economics , economic growth , mechanics , paleontology
Urbanization has increased the upward building in Milan, which may significantly increase the working population. This urbanization could harm groundwater quality by exerting excessive loading on the city's old basic infrastructures, including the water and sewage systems