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Groundwater contamination risk assessment: initial methodology for highly developed areas. Case study in the Province of Milan (Italy)
Author(s) -
Bonomi Tullia,
Cavallin Angelo,
Cerutti Paolo,
Rotondaro Giuseppe
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1994.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - hazard , vulnerability (computing) , plucking , risk assessment , environmental science , water resource management , natural hazard , agriculture , groundwater , geography , environmental planning , environmental resource management , geology , computer science , chemistry , computer security , organic chemistry , meteorology , geotechnical engineering , archaeology
Maps of factors contributing to groundwater contamination risk have been produced for a sector of the province of Milan to support decision‐making in land planning and management. Risk assessment has considered factors related to: natural vulnerability, hazard due to human activities and costs resulting from pollution. In order to evaluate existing hazard, a specific census was carried out over the area and industrial, agricultural and quarrying activities were mapped. Industrial activities were first divided into 4 groups according to national waste type regulation. The number of data and the density of mapped factors necessitated the use of a land information system for data storage and management and map design.