All official European Union website addresses are in the europa.eu domain.
See all EU institutions and bodiesDo something for our planet, print this page only if needed. Even a small action can make an enormous difference when millions of people do it!
Part C - Italy - Commonality (July, 05 2010) - Responses
Urban expansion has become a matter of concern for regional and local planning and the derived changes in land use/cover were recently considered when developing strategies of sustainable development specifically designed for urban areas. However, there is still a lack of a national legislation giving clear targets on limiting land take and consumption.
Moreover, the monitoring carried out by national and regional environmental agencies, through the integrated use of field surveys and remote sensing, is providing the first significant results. Nevertheless, monitoring activity must be empowered, because some parts of Italy do not yet provide all the environmental information needed and sought.
The recovery of contaminated sites is regulated by Ministerial Decree 471/99, and then by Legislative Decree 152/06 (Part IV, Chapter V) with the relative Corrective Decree 4/08. Legislative Decree 152/06 is also focussed on mitigating hydrogeological risk, combating desertification, water resources management and protecting soil from pollution. Regarding contamination of water by nitrates, the law establishes the regional identification of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) as well as zones vulnerable to plant protection products. The quality of sewage sludge in agriculture, defined in EU Directive 86/278/CEE, has been implemented by Legislative Decree 99/92.
In Italy, conversion of mines to cultivation was introduced by Royal Decree no. 1443 of 29/07/1927. The administrative functions relating to mines were transferred to the regions with Legislative Decree 112/98.
In recent years, Legislative Decree 117/2008, implementing Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from extractive industries, establishes measures, procedures and necessary actions to prevent or reduce, as much as possible, any eventual negative effects on the environment and human health risks caused by the management of waste from extractive industries.
Quarrying activities are regulated by regional laws as established by the Decree of the President of the Republic no. 616 of 24/7/1977, which transferred these responsibilities to the regions.
For a detailed treatment of topics addressed above, see key topics at
http://annuario.apat.it/capitoli/Ver_6/en/Soil%20and%20land.pd )
Authors:
Nico Bonora, Marco Di Leginio, Fiorenzo Fumanti, Alessandra Galosi, Ines Marinosci, Michele Munafò, Valter Sambucini, Luca Segazzi
References
ISPRA, Key Topics –Italian Environmental Data Yearbook 2008. Rome, 2009. http://annuario.apat.it/
ISPRA, Vademecum –Italian Environmental Data Yearbook 2008. Rome, 2009. http://annuario.apat.it/
ISPRA, VI RAPPORTO ANNUALE SULLA QUALITÀ DELL'AMBIENTE URBANO – Edizione 2009, Roma, 2010
APAT, III ANNUAL REPORT ON URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Edition 2006 – Summary. Rome, 2006
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Environmental Challenges – Summary of the State of the environment in Italy, Rome, 2009
http://www.mais.sinanet.isprambiente.it/ost/
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/2010/countries/it/land-use-national-responses-italy or scan the QR code.
PDF generated on 04 May 2024, 12:05 PM
The country assessments are the sole responsibility of the EEA member and cooperating countries supported by the EEA through guidance, translation and editing.
Engineered by: EEA Web Team
Software updated on 26 September 2023 08:13 from version 23.8.18
Software version: EEA Plone KGS 23.9.14
Document Actions
Share with others