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Interregional comparison of karst disturbance: West-central Florida and southeast Italy (Articolo in rivista)
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- Interregional comparison of karst disturbance: West-central Florida and southeast Italy (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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- 2009-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.11.018 (literal)
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North L.A.; Van Beynen P.E.; Parise M. (2009)
Interregional comparison of karst disturbance: West-central Florida and southeast Italy
in Journal of environmental management; Academic Press Elsevier, Inc., New York (Stati Uniti d'America)
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- Interregional comparison of karst disturbance: West-central Florida and southeast Italy (literal)
- Abstract
- The karst disturbance index (KDI) consists of 31 environmental indicators contained within the five
broad categories: geomorphology, hydrology, atmosphere, biota, and cultural. The purpose of this
research is to apply the KDI to two distinct karst areas, west Florida, USA, and Apulia, Italy. Through its
application, the utility of the index can be validated and other important comparisons can be made, such
as differences in the karst legislations implemented in each region and the effect of time exposure to
human occupation to each karst terrain. Humans have intensively impacted the karst of southeast Italy
for thousands of years compared to only decades in west-central Florida. However, west-central Florida's
higher population density allows the region to reach disturbance levels comparable to those reached
over a longer period in Apulia. Similarly, Italian karst is more diverse than the karst found in west-central
Florida, creating an opportunity to test all the KDI indicators. Overall, major disturbances for southeast
Italy karst include quarrying, stone clearing, and the dumping of refuse into caves, while west-central
Florida suffers most from the infilling of sinkholes, soil compaction, changes in the water table, and
vegetation removal. The application of the KDI allows a benchmark of disturbance to be established and
later revisited to determine the changing state of human impact for a region. The highlighting of certain
indicators that recorded high levels of disturbance also allows regional planners to allocate resources in
a more refined manner. (literal)
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