Integrated approach for the identification of spatial patterns related to renewable energy potential in European territories

C Scaramuzzino, G Garegnani, P Zambelli - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study presents an effort to classify the territories of a specific area, according to
similarities in the estimated potential of their renewable sources, considering also their …

Trade-off between photovoltaic systems installation and agricultural practices on arable lands: An environmental and socio-economic impact analysis for Italy

S Sacchelli, G Garegnani, F Geri, G Grilli, A Paletto… - Land Use Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper introduces and discusses an open-source spatial-based model (called r. green.
solar) able to quantify the energy production from solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mounted …

Balancing economic development and environmental conservation for a new governance of Alpine areas

MG Cantiani, C Geitner, C Haida, F Maino, C Tattoni… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the Alpine environment, Man has always been directly dependent on mountain
ecosystems. Social mechanisms have created specific models of governance, capable of …

[HTML][HTML] GIS-based approach for assessing the energy potential and the financial feasibility of run-off-river hydro-power in Alpine valleys

G Garegnani, S Sacchelli, J Balest, P Zambelli - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last decade, European attractive policies are favoring the construction of new run-off
hydro-power plants. The realization cost of these plants is quite low in mountain areas …

A spatial-based tool for the analysis of payments for forest ecosystem services related to hydrogeological protection

G Grilli, R Fratini, E Marone, S Sacchelli - Forest Policy and Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a decision support based on spatial analysis for the evaluation of
payments for forest ecosystem services (PES). A focus on the payment range for protective …

Pygrass: An object oriented python application programming interface (API) for geographic resources analysis support system (GRASS) geographic information …

P Zambelli, S Gebbert, M Ciolli - ISPRS International Journal of Geo …, 2013 - mdpi.com
PyGRASS is an object-oriented Python Application Programming Interface (API) for
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) Geographic Information System …

Economic impacts of ambient ozone pollution on wood production in Italy

S Sacchelli, E Carrari, E Paoletti, A Anav, Y Hoshika… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Worldwide, tropospheric ozone (O3) is a potential threat to wood production, but our
understanding of O3 economic impacts on forests is still limited. To overcome this issue, we …

Matching socio-economic and environmental efficiency of wood-residues energy chain: a partial equilibrium model for a case study in Alpine area

S Sacchelli, I Bernetti, I De Meo, L Fiori… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
Combining the economics and the environmental and social aspects of bioenergy chain
implementation is a difficult task, particularly for wood fuel production. Multiple aspects, such …

A geography-based decision support tool to quantify the circular bioeconomy and financial performance in the forest-based sector (r. forcircular)

S Sacchelli, F Geri, C Becagli, E Bianchetto… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This study focuses on the development, implementation and application of a spatial-based
decision support tool—named r. forcircular—aimed at quantifying both the level of the …

A geospatial decision support system tool for supporting integrated forest knowledge at the landscape scale

G Marano, G Langella, A Basile, F Cona, C De Michele… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Forests are part of a complex landscape mosaic and play a crucial role for people living both
in rural and urbanized spaces. Recent progresses in modelling and Decision Support …