Amalia Zucaro

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of the Italian agricultural system is monitored and evaluated by means of the emergy accounting method coupled with decomposition analysis techniques, applied to a 25-year time series (1985-2010).

TL;DR: In this article, a donor-side evaluation method (Emergy Synthesis) based on the idea that a proper measure of value can be achieved by also accounting for the work done by the biosphere in generating services and resources is proposed.

TL;DR: This paper analyse and compare selected electricity conversion systems, alternative fuels and biofuels, waste management strategies and finally the time evolution of an urban system in order to show the importance of a multiple perspective point of view for the proper evaluation of a system's environmental and resource use performance.

TL;DR: This study investigated, through the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, the environmental performance of bio-based 1,4-butanediol produced via direct fermentation of sugars from wheat straw, within a hypothetical regional biorefinery (Campania Region, Southern Italy).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a map showing the distribution and environmental quality of renewable emergy flows (solar radiation, rainfall, wind, and geothermal heat) in Campania Region (Southern Italy), all converging toward the generation of an annual renewable areal empower density (seJ-ha−1-year−1) map.