INDEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR
LAND MANAGEMENT
Alberto QUAGLINO
Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli
Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino, Italy
ABSTRACT
This paper refers to a methodological study whose goals are to provide integrated
information to be used as an environmental index. The aim of this study is to
contribute to the determination of a methodology which, by the investigation of a
few descriptive parameters pertaining to forests, would be able to judge the
objective quality independent from consideration based on a single experiment or
from the analysis of a data survey.
Having limited the research to a domain of silvicultural ecology, the possibility of
determining a series of synthetic indicators, which would be able to describe a
system as complex as a forest, was evaluated. Such indicators should be able to
obtain complete and readily readable information, for land management users. As
a result of this study an index relative to the stability of the forest was developed,
by analysis of the forest structure. The numerical index obtained rapidly
demonstrated that it is able to discriminate different structural types by evaluating
a few parameters.
Index de Qualite Environnementale pour la Planification Fonciere
RESUME
Cet expose se refere a une etude methodologique dont l'objectif est de fournir une
information integree que l'on pourra utiliser comme un index environnemental. Le
but de cette etude est de contribuer a determiner une methodologie qui, par le
biais de l' examen de quelques parametres descriptifs propres aux forers, serait en
mesure d'exprimer un jugement sur la qualite objective, detachee de toute
consideration basee sur une seule experience et sur l'analyse d'une etude de
donnees.
En ayant limite la recherche au domaine de I' ecologie sylvicuLturelle,
l'opportunite de delimiter une serie d'indicateurs synthetiques capabLes de decrire
un systeme aussi complexe qu'une foret, a ete evaluee. Ces indicateurs pourraient
obtenir une information complete et facile it lire it l'usage de l'exploitation des
terres. Comme resultat de cette etude, en analysant La structure de La foret on a
obtenu un index relatif it la stabilite de la foret. L'index numerique a demontre
rapidement qu'il pouvait, en evaluant quelques parametres, distinguer differentes
formes de structure.
C. Bardinet et al. (eds.), Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
LAND MANAGEMENT
Alberto QUAGLINO
Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli
Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino, Italy
ABSTRACT
This paper refers to a methodological study whose goals are to provide integrated
information to be used as an environmental index. The aim of this study is to
contribute to the determination of a methodology which, by the investigation of a
few descriptive parameters pertaining to forests, would be able to judge the
objective quality independent from consideration based on a single experiment or
from the analysis of a data survey.
Having limited the research to a domain of silvicultural ecology, the possibility of
determining a series of synthetic indicators, which would be able to describe a
system as complex as a forest, was evaluated. Such indicators should be able to
obtain complete and readily readable information, for land management users. As
a result of this study an index relative to the stability of the forest was developed,
by analysis of the forest structure. The numerical index obtained rapidly
demonstrated that it is able to discriminate different structural types by evaluating
a few parameters.
Index de Qualite Environnementale pour la Planification Fonciere
RESUME
Cet expose se refere a une etude methodologique dont l'objectif est de fournir une
information integree que l'on pourra utiliser comme un index environnemental. Le
but de cette etude est de contribuer a determiner une methodologie qui, par le
biais de l' examen de quelques parametres descriptifs propres aux forers, serait en
mesure d'exprimer un jugement sur la qualite objective, detachee de toute
consideration basee sur une seule experience et sur l'analyse d'une etude de
donnees.
En ayant limite la recherche au domaine de I' ecologie sylvicuLturelle,
l'opportunite de delimiter une serie d'indicateurs synthetiques capabLes de decrire
un systeme aussi complexe qu'une foret, a ete evaluee. Ces indicateurs pourraient
obtenir une information complete et facile it lire it l'usage de l'exploitation des
terres. Comme resultat de cette etude, en analysant La structure de La foret on a
obtenu un index relatif it la stabilite de la foret. L'index numerique a demontre
rapidement qu'il pouvait, en evaluant quelques parametres, distinguer differentes
formes de structure.
C. Bardinet et al. (eds.), Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997