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Interregional Comparison Of Karst Disturbance: West-Central Florida And Southeast Italy, Leslie North
Interregional Comparison Of Karst Disturbance: West-Central Florida And Southeast Italy, Leslie North
Leslie North
The karst disturbance index (KDI) consists of 31 environmental indicators contained within the five broad categories: geomorphology, hydrology, atmosphere, biota, and cultural. The purpose of this research is to apply the KDI to two distinct karst areas, west Florida, USA, and Apulia, Italy. Through its application, the utility of the index can be validated and other important comparisons can be made, such as differences in the karst legislations implemented in each region and the effect of time exposure to human occupation to each karst terrain. Humans have intensively impacted the karst of southeast Italy for thousands of years compared to …