scholarly journals COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY: CASE STUDY OF PORTICELLO, SOUTH CALABRIA, ITALY

Author(s):  
GIUSEPPINA CHIARA BARILLÀ ◽  
GIUSEPPE BARBARO ◽  
GIANDOMENICO FOTI ◽  
PIERLUIGI MANCUSO ◽  
VINCENZO FIAMMA ◽  
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Author(s):  
Rosaria E. Musumeci ◽  
Carla Faraci ◽  
Felice Arena ◽  
Enrico Foti

In the present paper the risk of beach erosion is evaluated by applying the Equivalent Triangular Storm (ETS). The selected case study is ‘La Plaja’ beach located in the South of Catania, Sicily. The proposed approach has shown that when the ETS model is applied, a shoreline retreat has been found which on average overestimates the one obtained by means of actual storm data of about 35%. The model has been applied for the determination of the return period of shoreline recession due to beach erosion during extreme events in order to recover risk maps, which can provide useful information in the planning of coastal interventions. Finally the model has been applied to predict the shoreline retreat in the presence of a submerged breakwater, confirming that the introduction of such coastal protection work strongly limits the risk of coastal erosion.


Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 805
Author(s):  
Francesco Bianco ◽  
Paolo Conti ◽  
Salvador García-Ayllon ◽  
Enzo Pranzini

The assessment of coastal erosion risk is a major challenge, since environmental and geomorphic features, together with sea state parameters, can seriously change the configuration of coastal areas. In addition, the anthropic actions of the coastal communities may also drastically modify the configuration of the coast in vulnerable areas. In this study, a linkage between regional mapping guidelines and national geological cartography procedures is presented as a meaningful tool in the geomorphic trends analysis for the integrated mapping of the main morphological patterns of San Vincenzo’s coastal area, in the region of Tuscany (Italy). Comparing and joining different procedures—which have different scales and topics—requires adapting the fields and the information provided in maps and databases. In this case study, a GIS morpho-sedimentological approach is developed. This GIS approach enables us to cover several issues simultaneously, such as the representation of coastal active processes, the adaptation of regional and national cartography to coastal erosion assessment, and lastly the calculation of the sedimentary stock analysis, since it represents the first attribute of coasts to be preserved in a resilience-oriented integrated assessment.


2011 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 328-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Proença ◽  
Filipa S. B. F. Oliveira ◽  
Francisco Sancho

2015 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 220-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia G. Tonyes ◽  
Robert J. Wasson ◽  
Niels C. Munksgaard ◽  
Ken G. Evans ◽  
Richard Brinkman ◽  
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