Environmental design of coastal defence in Lido di Dante, Italy

Zanuttigh, Barbara; Martinelli, Luca; Lamberti, Alberto; Moschella, Paula S.; Hawkins, Stephen J.; Marzetti, Silva; Ceccherelli, Victor Ugo

doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2005.09.015

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“…At Lido di Dante, a seaside resort on the Emilia-Romagna coast (Northern Adriatic Sea), the shore protection resulted from several successive interventions (since 1996) which led to an almost completely closed layout combining LCS and groynes . Within DELOS project, Lido di Dante has been extensively studied from engineering (Archetti et al, 2003;Zanuttigh et al, 2005) and socioeconomical points of view, while ecological studies dealt with the distribution of epibiota on LCS (Bacchiocchi & Airoldi, 2003;Airoldi et al, 2005) and their effects on the surrounding soft bottom compartment and vagile fauna . Comparing effects of LCS in five European study sites, Martin et al (2005) suggested that the macrobenthos of Lido di Dante was the more heavily impacted.…”

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Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)

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This study analysed the benthic compartment at Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) within the frame of an integrated European project (DELOS), which aimed to identify, describe and quantify the effects of the Low Crested Structures (LCS) on the beach environment of many European coastlines. Both macrofaunal benthic communities and sediment characteristics were analysed in a sandy beach protected by a LCS parallel to the shoreline and laterally connected to land by two groynes, which have been responsible for changes of hydrodynamic patterns. A first survey (2001) focused on three exposure levels with respect to wave action. A higher species richness and a different community structure were found in the sheltered site as compared to the exposed and partially exposed sites. In addition, changes in sediment variables were found according to the exposure levels. A second survey (2002) assessed the combined effects of exposure and depth on both benthic communities and sediment variables. Our results suggest that both exposure and depth interact on measured biotic and abiotic variables. Species richness, community structure and size-classes distribution of the macrofauna, as well as the sediment composition, showed the greatest differences among the shallowest exposed zone and the deepest sheltered ones. On the contrary no difference at all occurred between the shallowest sheltered zone and the deepest exposed ones.

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Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)

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“…The hypothetical erosion and protection scenarios are not specifically described in the questionnaire in terms of metres, because at the time of the survey, the possible erosion and the best project for obtaining a beach similar to that shown in figure 5 or figure 6 were still under study. For the same reason, no mention was made of the cost of the project (on this topic, see Zanuttigh et al [24]); in addition, there was no need to make respondents aware of the minimum level of voluntary funding because the project is financed by public funds [25,26]. The evaluation question, used for the beach change in the hypothetical situation of erosion and also in that of hypothetical defence, is: 'How much enjoyment would you get from your visit to the beach as shown in the figure .…”

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Investing in biodiversity: The recreational value of a natural coastal area

Marzetti

2006

Chemistry and Ecology

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This essay focuses on the comparison between the recreational value of a natural beach area and the recreational value of a developed beach area nearby. Within the EU DELOS (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003) framework, a survey by questionnaire was carried out in 2002 in Lido di Dante, a well-developed tourist resort in Italy. It consists of the application of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) in the value of enjoyment version (VOE) for assessing the non-marketable recreational use (such as sunbathing, walking, and swimming) of the Lido di Dante beach areas in the status quo and in hypothetical scenarios of erosion and artificial defence. The project of defence from erosion, considered in this exercise, is paid with public funds. Foreigners were interviewed. It is highlighted that the recreational value in the situation of erosion is lower than that of the status quo, and that the individual loss of enjoyment would be considerable, while the implementation of the project would give a mean gain. Among the explanatory variables of the recreational beach use, the beach quality ratings seem to be important, while income is not significant when it is specified. The comparison of the values for the different beach areas highlights that in Lido di Dante, the daily use value in Euros of the natural beach area is higher than that of the developed beach area. This case study shows that, from a recreational point of view, investing in a natural area is successful and that a sustainable coastal development requires defence projects to be selected also in order to preserve biodiversity.

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“…For very large CST (case "a" in Figure 3), a more effective solution is required. The candidate is the low crested structure (LCS) scheme with small gaps [11], which essentially confines the sediment in the protected area, i.e., the area bordered by the shoreline, the lateral low crested groins and the offshore barrier. Note that a large piling up is expected to occur in this type of protected area, forming an obstacle to coastal dynamics and possibly resulting in some down-drift maintenance being needed [49].…”

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“…The following studies comprise a demonstration site on the North-Eastern coast of Italy, and were carried out in collaboration with local stakeholders: RITMARE Flagship Project (Antonioli et al [8], Bezzi et al [9]), CAMP Italy Project, COASTANCE (Montanari and Marasmi [10]), DELOS, Water 2018, 10, 984 2 of 22 (Zanuttigh et al, [11]) COASTGAP-MED, MEDSANDCOAST-ENPI, COASTAL Mapping-DG MARE, EUROSION [12], THESEUS (Zanuttigh [13]), MICORE (Ciavola et al [14]) or RISC-KIT (Armaroli et al [15]). Specific open-source tools and approaches have been developed to support decision-making processes (Zanuttigh et al [16], Torresan et al [17]; Vafeidis et al [18], van Dongeren et al [19]; Stelljes at al.…”

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Vulnerability Analysis of the Venetian Littoral and Adopted Mitigation Strategy

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Martinelli

Favaretto

2018

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This paper discusses the key aspects of the recent Coastal Plan of the Veneto Region (IT). Its aim is to propose a single mitigation strategy for coastal erosion that is valid for the whole Veneto Region, and possibly elsewhere, as well as a method to assign a priority level to any action. The suggested mitigation action against erosion depends on urbanization level, beach width, as well as cross-shore and long-shore sediment transport. The criterion used to give a priority level to mitigation actions is based on a vulnerability index that takes into account erosive tendency, existing coastal flooding hazards, coast value, environmental relevance, tourist pressure, urbanization level, the presence of production activities, and cultural heritage. A sample case featuring the littoral of Rosolina is also provided and includes a site description, the sediment budget, critical issues and possible mitigation measures.

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Environmental design of coastal defence in Lido di Dante, Italy

Cited by 31 publications

References 20 publications

Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Investing in biodiversity: The recreational value of a natural coastal area

Vulnerability Analysis of the Venetian Littoral and Adopted Mitigation Strategy

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