In-migration as a new process in demographic problem areas of the Alps. Ghost towns vs. amenity settlements in the alpine border area between Italy and Slovenia

Ernst Steinicke; Peter Čede; Roland Löffler

doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2012.04.04

In-migration as a new process in demographic problem areas of the Alps. Ghost towns vs. amenity settlements in the alpine border area between Italy and Slovenia

Erdkunde ◽

10.3112/erdkunde.2012.04.04 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 329-344 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Ernst Steinicke ◽

Peter Čede ◽

Roland Löffler

Keyword(s):

Border Area ◽

New Process ◽

Ghost Towns ◽

The Alps

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SUL FILO DELLE ACQUE

Nuncius ◽

10.1163/182539183x00037 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 41-74

Author(s):

CESARE S MAFFIOLI

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Seventeenth Century ◽

Scientific Research ◽

Physical Sciences ◽

Border Area ◽

The Alps ◽

Mathematical Sciences

Abstract<title> SUMMARY </title>This article wishes to demonstrate the importance of several areas of scientific research, until now neglected, and their relevance to Italian physical sciences in the age between Galileo and Volta. The science of waters, which joined the cluster of the new Galilean sciences in the seventeenth century in particular deserves greater attention if we are to understand the scientific traditions developed South of the Alps. This science represented an extension of the Galilean science of motion in an engineering context, a development that concerned both mathematical and experimental theories. This development took place in the border area between the physical and the mathematical sciences, and also involved the medical and naturalistic traditions. This line of tought led the Italian physical scientists to discover both new fields of research and new forms of social support, and hence overcome the crisis that followed the end of the historic Medicis patronage.

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Small wastewater treatment plants in mountain areas: combination of septic tank and biological filter

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2007.731 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 56 (10) ◽

pp. 65-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

S. Maunoir ◽

H. Philip ◽

A. Rambaud

Keyword(s):

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽

Research Work ◽

Septic Tank ◽

Mountain Areas ◽

Small Communities ◽

Treatment Processes ◽

New Process ◽

The Alps ◽

The University

Research work has been carried out for more than 20 years by Eparco and the University of Montpellier (France) on the application of biological wastewater treatment processes for small communities. This research has led to a new process which is particularly suitable for remote populations, taking into account several specificities such as as the seasonal fluctuations in the population, the accessibility of the site, the absence of a power supply on site, the reduced area of land available and the low maintenance. Thus, the process, which combines a septic tank operating under anaerobic conditions and a biological aerobic filter, is a solution for wastewater treatment in mountain areas. This paper presents the process and three full-scale applications in the region of the Alps.

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