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Monitoring and Modelling Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Proposal for an Archaeological Site (Kaulonia, Southern Italy)

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  • Diana Di Luccio

    (Department of Science and Technologies, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80133 Napoli, Italy)

  • Guido Benassai

    (Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80133 Napoli, Italy)

  • Gianluigi Di Paola

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090 Pesche, Italy)

  • Carmen Maria Rosskopf

    (Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090 Pesche, Italy)

  • Luigi Mucerino

    (Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy)

  • Raffaele Montella

    (Department of Science and Technologies, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80133 Napoli, Italy)

  • Pasquale Contestabile

    (Department of Engineering, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81031 Aversa (Caserta), Italy)

Abstract

This paper presents a Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of a microtidal beach located on the Ionian Sea in Calabria region (southern Italy) in order to examine the influence of the different run-up equations on CVA score and propose mitigation measures for the most vulnerable parts of the beach. The coastal area has been severely eroded by extreme wave storms, which have also damaged important archaeological structures located on a nearby cliff. A typical 1 year return period (T r ) storm, associated with the recent criticalities, was chosen to test the different run-up formulas (Holman (1986), Mase (1989) Stockdon et al. (2006) and Poate et al. (2016)) on a number of beach profiles in order to check the sensitivity of the CVA calculation with regard to the different run-up equations. The obtained results provide evidence that different run-up levels often give rise to different CVA scores. Based on vulnerability results, some mitigation measures have been proposed for the beach in front of the archaeological area, based on submerged detached breakwater and an adherent gabion wall for the cliff defence.

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  • Diana Di Luccio & Guido Benassai & Gianluigi Di Paola & Carmen Maria Rosskopf & Luigi Mucerino & Raffaele Montella & Pasquale Contestabile, 2018. "Monitoring and Modelling Coastal Vulnerability and Mitigation Proposal for an Archaeological Site (Kaulonia, Southern Italy)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:6:p:2017-:d:152530
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    1. Gianluigi Di Paola & Pietro Aucelli & Guido Benassai & Germán Rodríguez, 2014. "Coastal vulnerability to wave storms of Sele littoral plain (southern Italy)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 71(3), pages 1795-1819, April.
    2. Alexandra Tragaki & Christina Gallousi & Efthimios Karymbalis, 2018. "Coastal Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Based on Geomorphic, Oceanographic and Demographic Parameters: The Case of the Peloponnese (Southern Greece)," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-16, May.
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