FOREWORD

This book contains the Proceedings of the Workshop ‘Global Sustainability Insideand Outside the Territory’ held on February 14, 2014, in Benevento, Italy,organized by Futuridea – Innovazione Utile e Sostenibile with the sponsorshipand support of Global Sustainable Social and Energy Program – GSSEP Onlus,Department of Science and Technology – University of Sannio, CNR ISAFoM,ConSDABI – Consorzio per la SperimentazioneDivulgazione e ApplicazionedelleBiotecniche Innovative, ConfederazioneItalianaAgricoltori, FondazioneITS BACT, Provincia di Benevento, Confindustria Benevento, Camera diCommercio Benevento, and Consorzio ASI Benevento.The purpose was to getting together researcher and stakeholders interestedin communicating, establishing collaboration, exchanging ideas in the globalsustainability area, which calls for the widest possible interdisciplinarity.The proceedings consist of 10 invited and contributed papers related to thebroad range of aspects of sustainability in a global scenario including foodsafety, monitoring, soil mapping, health care, territorial intelligence, local foodproduction, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy sources, integrateddevelopment, sustainability strategies, ‘smart’ bio-territories.The workshop was largely a success and led to the signing of internationalagreements for the protection and enhancement of endangered species in the areaof North Africa. We wish to thank all those who have contributed to organize andrealize this event. Our appreciation is due also to all those Institutions andCompanies that in different ways joined us in our job.

Salvatore Rampone

Scientific Director, Futuridea

Contents

Foreword v

A Greater Sustainability is Possible

Carmine Nardone and Maria Luisa Varricchio 1

The “New” Development of Renewable Energy Sources in the World.A Potential Path Towards Global SustainabilityGlobal Sustainable and Integrated Development. The Case of GlobalSustainable and Social Energy Program – GSSEP Onlus

Carlo Sinatra 23

A Proposal for Advanced Services and Data Processing Aiming at theTerritorial Intelligence Development

Salvatore Rampone and Gianni D’Angelo 39

Visible-near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Field Scale DigitalSoil Mapping. A Case Study

Antonio P. Leone, Fulvio Fragnito, Giovanni Morelli, Maurizio Tosca,Natalia Leone, Massimo Bilancia and Maria Luisa Varricchio 51

Mediterranean Agency for Remote Sensing and Environmental Control:Satellite Monitoring and Mapping

Roberto TartagliaPolcini 63

Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions of E-commerce

Valerio Morfino, Alessandro Perrella and Salvatore Rampone 79

Pre-feasibility Study “Save the Camels”

Maria Luisa Varricchio and Carmine Nardone 89

A Food Safety and Traceability System Based on RFID Technology and

Internet of Things

Gianni D’Angelo, Gianfranco De Luca and Salvatore Rampone 99

WTC (We Take Care) Experimental Smartphone App to Follow-up and Take

Care of Patients with Chronic Infectious Disease: Which Impact on Patients

Life Style?

Alessandro Perrella and Valerio Morfino107

Global Sustainability for a World of ‘Smart’ Bio-territories

Donato Matassino 113