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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A study on the Airport environmental capacity has been developed with particular focus on the anthropic impact generated by the infrastructure system connected with the airport activities.

The main objective is to show the actual influence the presence of the infrastructure may have. Ciampino situation is significant: the airport is situated in a densely populated area causing different and relevant issues.                                                                                                                    

The environmental capacity study is divided into:

• local bearing capacity;
• atmospheric bearing capacity: definition of the spatial reference context, emission location study;
• acoustic bearing capacity;
• technical environmental standards;
• interaction of the assessment processes.

Afterwards an Environmental Impact Study concerning the Development Plan of “G.B.Pastine” Airport has been carried out along with a series of preparatory monographic studies comprising of:

• traffic flow analysis;
• air quality study;
• noise study;
• preliminary archeological assessment.

Eventually an innovative project regarding a mitigation plan for the noise caused in the engine test area was developed.

PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS

In order to understand the airport environmental capacity, important attention was paid to the two principal environmental components characterizing its activities: acoustic and air pollution.
These forms of pollution show many similarities but a specific difference is recognizable: noise is more directional and, thus, it is easier to identify its source, while the sources of air pollution due to dispersion and transformation events are difficult to attribute.