Designing Sustainable Factories A Toolkit for the Assessment and Mitigation of Impact on the Landscape

Economic constraints and lack of knowledge often prevent companies - especially small and medium enterprises - from harmonizing their facilities with the landscape. As a result, factories significantly impact the quality of our living environment, in terms of physical effects on the ecosystem, perce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marchi, Lia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Advances in Global Change Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The impact of industrial facilities on the landscape
  • Awareness and economic constraints as barriers to sustainable factories
  • Time to act. An insight on potential drivers of the change
  • Pioneer firms from the agri-food sector
  • A toolkit to assess and mitigate the impacts
  • Three mitigation scenarios for an Italian case study
  • Conclusions