Coastal areas are one of the most complex and vulnerable nature environments. Generally, these areas are densely populated, therefore pollution, habitat loss, coastal dynamics, and climate change make these areas prone to be vulnerable with a resulting high risk for the population who lives in those places. Moreover, these locations are often intensely anthropized and prone to intense transformative pressure that increases the exposure inducing a consequent increase in the risk of already compromised integrity of the ecosystems and their ecological function [21] For these reasons, the knowledge of the present mosaic of land use/cover might be an important instrument to analyze the morphodynamic processes and also, for the definition of the rules necessary for the sector planning (e.g., Coastal defense planning, water catchment planning). The main goal of the work is to analyze the current overview of land use at 1 km from the coastline investigating if there is a correlation with the deployment of coastal structures i.e., breakwaters, groins, etc. [18]. The study area has been defined using the concept of physiographic unit (i.e., the coastal area in which the sediment transport exchange with neighboring regions is zero) using the classification given by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA [8]. In this case, the coastal area between Conero Promontory to the north (Marche region) and that of Punta Aderci, to the south (Abruzzo region), with a total extension of approximately 200 km involving about 40 municipalities and 2 regions has been analyzed. The analysis has been carried out using the Copernicus Land Monitoring Services database products (i.e., land use) with high resolution [11]. Moreover, all coastal structures (groins, submerged and emerged breakwaters) have been surveyed using appropriate environmental, urban, and hydraulic indicators to identify a possible correlation or cause-to-cause relationship effect between the presence/absence of coastal defense, urban pressure, and soil use/cover mosaic. This procedure has made it possible to build an analytic picture of the analyzed physiographic units useful to identify critical areas with low permeability values and those in the opposite condition.
LAND USE ANALYSIS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES: ADRIATIC COAST AS A CASE STUDY
Montaldi C.
;Fischione P.;Pasquali D.;Zullo F.Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2023-01-01
Abstract
Coastal areas are one of the most complex and vulnerable nature environments. Generally, these areas are densely populated, therefore pollution, habitat loss, coastal dynamics, and climate change make these areas prone to be vulnerable with a resulting high risk for the population who lives in those places. Moreover, these locations are often intensely anthropized and prone to intense transformative pressure that increases the exposure inducing a consequent increase in the risk of already compromised integrity of the ecosystems and their ecological function [21] For these reasons, the knowledge of the present mosaic of land use/cover might be an important instrument to analyze the morphodynamic processes and also, for the definition of the rules necessary for the sector planning (e.g., Coastal defense planning, water catchment planning). The main goal of the work is to analyze the current overview of land use at 1 km from the coastline investigating if there is a correlation with the deployment of coastal structures i.e., breakwaters, groins, etc. [18]. The study area has been defined using the concept of physiographic unit (i.e., the coastal area in which the sediment transport exchange with neighboring regions is zero) using the classification given by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA [8]. In this case, the coastal area between Conero Promontory to the north (Marche region) and that of Punta Aderci, to the south (Abruzzo region), with a total extension of approximately 200 km involving about 40 municipalities and 2 regions has been analyzed. The analysis has been carried out using the Copernicus Land Monitoring Services database products (i.e., land use) with high resolution [11]. Moreover, all coastal structures (groins, submerged and emerged breakwaters) have been surveyed using appropriate environmental, urban, and hydraulic indicators to identify a possible correlation or cause-to-cause relationship effect between the presence/absence of coastal defense, urban pressure, and soil use/cover mosaic. This procedure has made it possible to build an analytic picture of the analyzed physiographic units useful to identify critical areas with low permeability values and those in the opposite condition.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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