Land Consumption in Italian Coastal Area

Riitano, Nicola; Dichicco, Pasquale; Fioravante, Paolo De; Cavalli, Alice; Falanga, Valentina; Giuliani, Chiara; Mariani, Lorella; Strollo, Andrea; Munafò, Michele

doi:10.30638/eemj.2020.178

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“…In the last 50 years, there was an increase in anthropic pressure on coastal areas e.g., [1][2][3][4]. As underlined by Mentaschi et al [5], coastal environments host about 40% of the world's population as well as infrastructures, tourism, and social activities.…”

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The Effects of Urban and Economic Development on Coastal Zone Management

Pasquali

Marucci

2021

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The land transformation process in the last decades produced the urbanization growth in flat and coastal areas all over the world. The combination of natural phenomena and human pressure is likely one of the main factors that enhance coastal dynamics. These factors lead to an increase in coastal risk (considered as the product of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability) also in view of future climate change scenarios. Although each of these factors has been intensively studied separately, a comprehensive analysis of the mutual relationship of these elements is an open task. Therefore, this work aims to assess the possible mutual interaction of land transformation and coastal management zones, studying the possible impact on local coastal communities. The idea is to merge the techniques coming from urban planning with data and methodology coming from the coastal engineering within the frame of a holistic approach. The main idea is to relate urban and land changes to coastal management. Then, the study aims to identify if stakeholders’ pressure motivated the deployment of rigid structures instead of shoreline variations related to energetic and sedimentary balances. The influence of coastal protection (described by an indicator taking into account the linear density of the rigid protection extension alongshore) measures have been considered. Finally, the economical performances in the period just after the land transformation have been studied by means of a dimensionless index based on the concept of the local unit. The method has been applied to the case study of the Abruzzo Region. Results reveal a large urbanization growth and a generalized over-protection of the coast with a resulting spatial alternation of shoreline retreat and advance. On the other hand, the analysis of the local economy reveals that the presence of tourism activities does not necessarily lead to an increase in the local economy. Indeed, the most important improvement in local economies in the region can be associated with coastal stretches characterized by a high environmental value.

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The Effects of Urban and Economic Development on Coastal Zone Management

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Marucci

2021

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“…Figure 3 shows some examples of land consumption in urban, agricultural, and natural environments in the period under investigation. Land consumption is mapped both in its permanent and temporary forms following the definition given by [6,7]. By permanent consumed land, artificial surfaces composed of impervious material (e.g., concrete, asphalt or tarmacadam), both 3D (buildings) and 2D (roads), were taken into consideration (6.6% of the Italian national territory).…”

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“…Starting from the 20th century, the increasing demand for land to be used for buildings and infrastructures led to greater urbanization of previously natural and agricultural areas [5], making urbanization a major cause of land consumption. More generally, land consumption can be considered to be the change from non-artificial land cover to artificial land cover, with a distinction having to be made between permanent consumption (due to permanent artificial land cover, such as concrete or asphalt) and non-permanent consumption (due to reversible artificial land cover or soil alteration processes, such as, soil compaction in construction sites or excavations in quarries) [6,7]. The process of urbanization, and the related increase in impervious surfaces, affects other types of land use and land cover [8], triggering a series of effects on the environment, which results in it being the main cause of land degradation [9].…”

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The Impact of Urbanization on Land: A Biophysical-Based Assessment of Ecosystem Services Loss Supported by Remote Sensed Indicators

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Smiraglia

Cavalli

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Urbanization and related land consumption are one of the main causes of ecosystem services loss. This is especially the case for soil-related services affecting ecosystem functions and limiting accessibility to natural resources. Satellite remote sensing and environmental databases enable in-depth analysis of urban expansion and land changes, which can be used to monitor trends in the provision of ecosystem services. This work aims to describe a multilayered approach to the assessment of biophysical loss of ecosystem services flows in Italy caused by an increase in land consumption in the period 2012–2020. The results show higher losses in wood production, carbon storage, hydrological regime regulation, and pollination in the northern regions of Italy, as well as in some southern regions, such as Campania and Apulia. Habitat quality loss is widespread throughout Italy, whereas crop production loss varies on the basis of the locations in which it occurs and the crop types involved. Loss of arable land and fodder production mainly occurs in northern regions, whereas southern regions have experienced a drop in permanent crop production. This study highlights the importance of using integrated data and methodologies for well-founded approaches, with a view to gaining a thorough understanding of ecosystem services-related processes and the changes connected therewith.

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New Data and Computational Methods Opportunities to Enhance the Knowledge Base of Tourism

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Moya-Gómez

2023

Handbook of Computational Social Science for Policy

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Tourism is becoming increasingly relevant at different levels, intensifying its impact on the environmental, the economic and the social spheres. For this reason, the study of this rapidly evolving sector is important for many disciplines and requires to be quickly updated. This chapter provides an overview and general guidelines on the potential use of new data and computational methods to enhance tourism’s knowledge base, encourage their institutional adoption and, ultimately, foster a more sustainable tourism.First, the chapter delivers a brief review of the literature on new data sources and innovative computational methods that can significantly improve our understanding of tourism, addressing the big data revolution and the emergence of new analytic tools, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML). Then, the chapter provides some guidelines and applications of these new datasets and methods, articulated around three topics: (1) measuring the environmental impacts of tourism, (2) assessing the socio-economic resilience of the tourism sector and (3) uncovering new tourists’ preferences, facilitating the digital transition and fostering innovation in the tourism sector.

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Land Consumption in Italian Coastal Area

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The Effects of Urban and Economic Development on Coastal Zone Management

The Effects of Urban and Economic Development on Coastal Zone Management

The Impact of Urbanization on Land: A Biophysical-Based Assessment of Ecosystem Services Loss Supported by Remote Sensed Indicators

New Data and Computational Methods Opportunities to Enhance the Knowledge Base of Tourism

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