Formal ontologies and strategic environmental assessment. A case study: the municipal land use plan of Genoa

City, Territory and Architecture

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Table 1 Environmental components

Environmental components	Environmental themes
Air	Air quality Climate (climate-altering effects of anthropogenic activities, Kyoto, etc.)
Water resource	Hydrographic network (surface water and groundwater) Marine water bodies
Soil^a	Stability (stability and safety from flooding or similar) Contamination use
Ecosystems and biodiversity	Mosaic vegetation, wetlands, habitat, wildlife SIC and ecological networks

^aTo soil means a system that is both physical support for human activities (having in this way to ensure accurate performance in mechanical terms), as a defense by the waters (soil conservation in the sense of the basin planning), as receiver (of water and substances) and finally as a resource (extraction of raw materials, support to agricultural activities, space availability for human functions, etc.).