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Table 7.3 The new list of criteria and sub-criteria identified on the base of the multi-modal framework. (Source: Lombardi, 2009.)

Goal Modalities Criteria Specification of criteria and sub-criteria

Numerical accounting Considers quantitative issues such as population density, the location

and extension of the waste disposal and the issue of transportation.

Urban and infrastructure
development

Space, shape and extension

Transport and mobility

Physical environment Includes the following sub-criteria:

❏

Safeguarding the atmosphere

Health and ecological protection
or biodiversity

Safeguarding the water supply

Environmental and physical
quality

❏

Safeguarding the soil

❏

Protection of the landscape ❏

Perceptions of people towards
the environment

Protection of public health ( maximum hygiene )

❏

Analysis and formal knowledge Takes into account the technological development in this field and the

issue of good communications for sustainable functioning of the waste
disposal, including the sub-criterion:
❏

Creativity and cultural
development

Education and scientific
development

Ease of operation

Communication and the media

Social climate, social
relationships and social cohesion

Includes the following sub-criteria:
❏

Minimisation of danger ( maximum safety )

Maximisation of cost/revenue ratio

❏

Efficiency and economic
appraisal (e.g. GNP)

Social and economical
development

Maximum life of plant

❏

Visual appeal of the site ❏

Visual appeal and architectural
style

Rights and responsibilities Includes rights and responsibilities, the participation of people in

decision-making, the ethical issues and the vision of a sustainable
development.

Ethical issues Governance

Commitment, interest and vision