Sciences and Teaching of Natural Systems

Goals of the course The main Italian and European environmental regulations and laws will be introduced, as well as the procedures to guarantee the environmental sustainability of infrastructures. The student will investigate, mainly by means of the study of real cases representative of different regional, environmental and regulatory contexts, how naturalistic knowledge and studies may be applied in the various phases of planning, design, approval and implementation of industrial plants and civil engineering works. At the end of the course the student will be able to know the needs and constraints in the construction of infrastructures and the modes to transfer naturalistic knowledge into effective measures for the modification, adaptation and mitigation of the impacts of the works on the natural environment.