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IGIENE E INGEGNERIA SANITARIA AMBIENTALE
Module INGEGNERIA AMBIENTALE

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: PIETRO PAOLO FALCIGLIA

Expected Learning Outcomes

Basic knowledge on engineering solutions and procedures for environment risk assessment, environmental protection and restoration of contaminated sites.

Course Structure

Teaching will be be carried out by lecture and group discussion.

Required Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance of lessons is mandatory (70%).

Detailed Course Content

Environmental issue and law. Origin and properties of organic and inorganic pollutants. Environmental contamination scenarios. Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental matrices. Characterization methods and techniques for contaminated sites. Remediation of contaminated sites. Risk assessment. Air pollution. Environnmental procedures.

Textbook Information

1. Vagliasindi F.G.A., Falciglia P.P., Longo G., Roccaro P., Santamaria A., Zito D.. Progettazione di impianti di trattamento per il controllo del rischio ambientale. Edizioni CSISA anno 2012. ISBN: 88-7850-012-7.

2. Luca Bonomo. Bonifica di siti contaminati. Caratterizzazione e tecnologie di risanamento. McGraw-Hill.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1Environmental issue and law: L.D. 152/2006.
2Environmental issue and law. Origin and properties of organic and inorganic pollutants. Environmental contamination scenarios. Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental matrices. Characterization techniques for contaminated sites. Remediation of contaminated sites. Risk assessment.
3Air pollution. Envirnonmental procedures.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Final oral examination.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Discussing about:

- Environmental issue and law.

- Origin and properties of organic and inorganic pollutants.

- Environmental contamination scenarios.

- Interaction between contaminants and solid and gaseous environmental matrices.

- Characterization techniques for contaminated sites.

- Remediation of contaminated sites.

- Risk assessment.

- Air pollution.

- Environmental procedures.