Search results for " coastal erosion."

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Investigation into the ecosystem services of intertidal bioconstruction in the context of coastal erosion and rock breakdown

2014

Ecosystems servicesintertidal bioconstructions coastal erosion.
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A regional approach for exploring the relation between sediment transport and coastal erosion in Sicily

2022

To study on a regional basis, the relation between fluvial sediment delivery and coastal erosion, the historical record of coastline migration of Sicily was analyzed with respect to the estimated sediment delivery to the coast obtained from the spatially distributed sediment delivery WaTEM/SEDEM model. The latter was directly acquired from the ESDAC database as a 25 m pixel layers, being based on the combination between the RUSLE model and a transport capacity routing algorithm. At the same time, the coastline-evolution (accretion/retreatment) data for 1960/1994 and 1994/2012 intervals were processed. This dataset, provided by ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Resear…

Sediment transport coastal erosion WaTEM/SEDEM model
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An Approach for the Validation of a Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: An Application in Sicily

2022

In recent decades, coastal erosion phenomena have increased due to climate change. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme events and the poor sediment supply by anthropized river basins (dams, river weirs, culverts, etc.) have a crucial role in coastal erosion. Therefore, an integrated analysis of coastal erosion is crucial to produce detailed and accurate coastal erosion vulnerability information to support mitigation strategies. This research aimed to assess the erosion vulnerability of the Sicilian coast, also including a validation procedure of the obtained scenario. The coastal vulnerability was computed by means of the CeVI (Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index) approach, whi…

Sicilian coastsSettore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E GeomorfologiaSettore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E Idrologiavulnerability indexOcean Engineeringcoastlinecoast vulnerabilitySettore GEO/05 - Geologia ApplicataWater Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural Engineeringcoastal erosionSicilian coasts; coastline; coast vulnerability; coastal erosion; vulnerability indexJournal of Marine Science and Engineering; Volume 11; Issue 1; Pages: 23
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Climatic changes and coastal erosion in Sicily

2009

climatic changes geomorphology coastal erosionSettore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata
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Medium-term shoreline evolution of the mediterranean coast of Andalusia (SW Spain)

2015

Coastal environment is a dynamic system in which numerous natural processes are continuously actuating and interacting among them. As a result, geomorphologic, physical and biological characteristics of coastal environments are constantly changing. Such dynamic balance is nowadays seriously threatened by the strong and increasing anthropic pressure that favors erosion processes, and the associated loss of environmental, ecologic and economic aspects. Sandy beaches are the most vulnerable environments in coastal areas. The aim of this work was to reconstruct the historical evolution of the Mediterranean coastline of Andalusia, Spain. The investigated area is about 500 km in length and includ…

coast shoreline coastal erosion rate-of-change aerial photographsSettore GEO/05 - Geologia Applicata
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