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Regional Plan against Coastal Erosion: A Conceptual Model for Sicily

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  • Giovanni Randazzo

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra—Università degli Studi di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
    Interreg Italia—Malta, Project: Pocket Beach Management & Remote Surveillance System (BESS), Università degli Studi di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy)

  • Stefania Lanza

    (Interreg Italia—Malta, Project: Pocket Beach Management & Remote Surveillance System (BESS), Università degli Studi di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy)

Abstract

Over the last few decades, Sicily has faced both erosion-related difficulties and limited Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). In particular, a lack of synergy between regional bodies, an absence of information exchange between scientific and administrative communities, the application of not-updated national and international best practices and the misrepresentation of environmental laws, have resulted in a system focused on risk erosion rather than on coastal area development. Following years without planning, in 2006 the Regione Siciliana launched PAI- coste (Hydro-Geological Asset Plan. It is interesting to note that in Italy, the “risk” known worldwide as geological or hydraulic or geomorphological is commonly denoted as “hydro-geological”, creating a pseudo-neologism correctly related to the groundwater circulation and not to surficial movements.), based on a diachronic comparison between cartographies and territorial qualitative information. However, it has proved to be static and obsolete and thus requires updating in order to determine the focal points for further planning and to shift it from an e-static to e-dynamic process via the GIS and WEBGIS tools. Sicilian legislation holds all the laws necessary for the creation of a continuous flow of information between local administrations and the regional government. The aim of this paper is to determine a regional management plan for the central government against coastal erosion with the inclusion of a seasonal monitoring program carried out by the local administration as a part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), which is in turn linked to the Plan for the Administrations of Maritime State Property (PUDM; Italian acronym). The plan will be managed at the regional level and will take into account problems and particular features at a higher rather than local level. A key outcome should be the Regional Plan against Coastal Erosion, containing constant feedback from the local administration, stakeholders and citizen groups.

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  • Giovanni Randazzo & Stefania Lanza, 2020. "Regional Plan against Coastal Erosion: A Conceptual Model for Sicily," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:9:y:2020:i:9:p:307-:d:407315
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    1. Mauro Bonasera & Ciro Cerrone & Fabiola Caso & Stefania Lanza & Giandomenico Fubelli & Giovanni Randazzo, 2022. "Geomorphological and Structural Assessment of the Coastal Area of Capo Faro Promontory, NE Salina (Aeolian Islands, Italy)," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-25, July.
    2. Giovanni Randazzo & Maria Cascio & Marco Fontana & Francesco Gregorio & Stefania Lanza & Anselme Muzirafuti, 2021. "Mapping of Sicilian Pocket Beaches Land Use/Land Cover with Sentinel-2 Imagery: A Case Study of Messina Province," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-20, June.
    3. Vicent Esteban Chapapría & José Serra Peris & José A. González-Escrivá, 2022. "Coastal Monitoring Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the Management of the Spanish Mediterranean Coast: The Case of Almenara-Sagunto," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-18, April.

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