Landscape Features of Costal Waterfronts: Historical Aspects and Planning Issues

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between different factors that impose on the productive and settlement structures on coastal areas through an analysis carried out on the Italian Adriatic Sea coast. In the panorama of medium-and small-size cities, the relationship between the city, the territory, and the sea very often plays an important role. The main issue of this article is to expose a methodology developed for the definition of landscape quality objectives in the planning of the coast of a region in Southern Italy, Molise. Effort was concentrated on the creation of a territorial survey matrix that could be exploited by local authorities. In drawing up the criteria on which to base the New Regional Landscape Plan, this study provided for the recognition of the identifying matrices for landscape interpretation, creating a database organized in five resource systems. For each resource system, three basic grids were created: each of them collects and processes different information series. These three grids were useful for defining the new protection that is proposed for the sample area. Different conditions emerge in this area, in which two coastal strips have been identified, to the east and to the west of the historical centre.

Urban renewal of heritage sites and re-planning of waterfronts in historical areas “case study of the vicinity of the historic Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria – Egypt”

“…Over the past two decades, there has been more interest in developing waterfronts around the world to improve the image of coastal cities, as the renewal of the waterfront is capable of linking with the past and the future in addition to providing opportunities for development. In spite of the challenges that the historical cities face in developing waterfronts, the effective planning of these cities focuses on the possibility of making use of public spaces while preserving their historical value many problems have recently resulted in the ineffective planning of the policies followed by some cities, which showed that the urban quality of the waterfronts was not suitable in most cases (Cialdea 2020).…”

The Effect of Human Activities Towards Coastal Dynamics and Sustainable Coastal Management

“…If calculated since 2003, the total land lost is 46 meters with an annual average of 3.54. Cialdea [46] stated that the Urban Beach Plan also experienced an extraordinary abrasion phenomenon due to the construction of the Termoli Port. This result is also supported by the research of Mohammed et al [47], which states that human activities significantly affect the rate of soil erosion (or, in this study is abrasion).…”

Revealing the Place: Sacred Architecture along the Portuguese Coastline

“…In this boundary space, over the years, different elements have been built [3] that reference and symbolise the sacred characteristics of the coastal landscape [4]. The landscape considered sacred reflects and preserves the fundamental ideas and values of society and serves as an important factor of continuity over time, ensuring the transmission of a wide range of historical information to future generations [5,6]. The most culturally and historically relevant sacred elements built along the coast are found in geomorphologically significant places [7], such as the mouth of a river on the sea or the edge of a promontory.…”