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A multiscale analysis of the morphological setting along the susceptible coastal area of the Agri river (southern Italy)

  • Angela Rizzo
  • Giuseppe Corrado
  • Gianluigi Di Paola
  • Antonio Minervino Amodio
  • Dario Gioia

Assessment of coastal vulnerability to physical and anthropic processes is a crucial step in coastal risk management, especially in climate change scenarios characterized by sea level rise and increasing human pressure. The application of geomorphological-based indices is a consolidated approach to estimate the degree of vulnerability to erosion processes of low-relief coasts at a regional/wide scale. Such a method is based on the combination of physical variables such as shoreline changes, dune and beach geometry, vegetation, and coastal infrastructures, which are statistically or arbitrarily ranked to extract a vulnerability classification. Recent advances in the availability of UAV platforms with higher performance in terms of flight duration, sensor availability, and mapping resolution provide a unique opportunity for a comparison between high-resolution DEMs and the results that can be obtained from the application of a Coastal Index. In this study, short- and medium-term comparison (i.e. about ten years) of high-resolution DEMs (derived by LiDAR) was performed in one of the sectors of the Ionian coastal belt, providing new insights about the geomorphological evolution of a highly vulnerable sector along a retreating coast. Such a comparison was tested along a sector of the coastal areas of the Basilicata region, southern Italy, that includes the Agri River mouth. The study area is featured by a strong human impact and environmental factors that have promoted in the last years the occurrence of remarkable shoreline retreat and coastal erosion.

  • Keywords:
  • Coastal erosion,
  • susceptibility index,
  • monitoring techniques,
  • Ionian coast,
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Angela Rizzo

University of Bari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3414-7321

Giuseppe Corrado

Basilicata University, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1077-4862

Gianluigi Di Paola

ISPRA - Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4328-1167

Antonio Minervino Amodio

CNR – Institute of Heritage Science, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-5930-491X

Dario Gioia

CNR – Institute of Heritage Science, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3394-3705

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Chapter Title

A multiscale analysis of the morphological setting along the susceptible coastal area of the Agri river (southern Italy)

Authors

Angela Rizzo, Giuseppe Corrado, Gianluigi Di Paola, Antonio Minervino Amodio, Dario Gioia

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.70

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Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques

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Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024

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Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci

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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques

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