Open AccessDevelopment of a municipality index of environmental pressure in Campania, Italy
Author(s) -
Antonio Pizzolante,
Federico Nicodemo,
Andrea Pierri,
Amedeo Ferro,
Biancamaria Pierri,
Carlo Buonerba,
Eleonora Beccaloni,
Stefano Albanese,
Bruno Basso,
C. Pellegrino
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future science oa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 2056-5623
DOI - 10.2144/fsoa-2021-0055
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , environmental planning , psychological intervention , public health , human health , service (business) , incineration , environmental health , environmental protection , business , medicine , geography , engineering , political science , waste management , nursing , marketing , psychiatry , law
The Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Southern Italy (Istitituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, IZSM) is a public health institution operating within the Italian National Health Service. Over the past 5 years [IZSM] has promoted several research studies and interventions in an effort to tackle the ‘Land of Fires’ phenomenon, caused by the continued trafficking and uncontrolled incineration of waste that has affected some areas of Campania for decades. In this article, a mathematical model that generates a municipality index of environmental pressure is presented. The model was developed by a multidisciplinary team led by an environmental engineer and included researchers in the fields of veterinary and human medicine, biology and computer science. This model may serve as a geostratification tool useful for the design of human biomonitoring studies, although it may also be employed for strategic planning of remediation programs and public health interventions.