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Innovative Approaches for the Evaluation of Coastal Risk on Sandy Mediterranean Beaches
The increase in frequency and intensity of extreme coastal storms and the continuous exponential development of the coasts of the world are threatening coastal communities, exposing them to higher levels of risk. Notwithstanding the future projections are affected by large uncertainty, coastal managers, as recommended by the United Nations and the European Union, need to properly evaluate coastal risk in order to propose adequate risk reduction plans for the current and future climate change scenarios. This should be done while considering all the components that influence risk: hazard, vulnerability and exposure. The involvement of local stakeholders and the adoption of multi-disciplinary approaches, including social sciences, are becoming very common in coastal risk studies, supporting the idea that the same should be done at the management level, to properly address coastal risk issues. The work of this PhD thesis aimed at applying innovative approaches for the evaluation of coastal risk, at different scales, on Mediterranean sandy beaches. The innovations are related to fieldwork methodologies, numerical applications and coastal risk assessment. Part of the work was done in the framework of the EU FP7 RISC-KIT project, that aimed at providing tools in support of coastal managers, in order to increase the resilience of coastal communities. The approaches were implemented at locations along the Emilia-Romagna (Italy) and Catalunya (Spain) coasts. The first part of this thesis focuses on fieldwork activities. Post-storm and seasonal surveys were implemented based on up-to-date low-cost drones and photogrammetric techniques for post-processing. The approach allowed to collect local-scale high-resolution data used to integrate regional post-storm assessments, including qualitative information collected involving the local community, and to detect significant changes of the beach due to the influence of coastal storms and winds. Numerical models were used to analyze the propagation of errors due to the use of ...
Innovative Approaches for the Evaluation of Coastal Risk on Sandy Mediterranean Beaches
The increase in frequency and intensity of extreme coastal storms and the continuous exponential development of the coasts of the world are threatening coastal communities, exposing them to higher levels of risk. Notwithstanding the future projections are affected by large uncertainty, coastal managers, as recommended by the United Nations and the European Union, need to properly evaluate coastal risk in order to propose adequate risk reduction plans for the current and future climate change scenarios. This should be done while considering all the components that influence risk: hazard, vulnerability and exposure. The involvement of local stakeholders and the adoption of multi-disciplinary approaches, including social sciences, are becoming very common in coastal risk studies, supporting the idea that the same should be done at the management level, to properly address coastal risk issues. The work of this PhD thesis aimed at applying innovative approaches for the evaluation of coastal risk, at different scales, on Mediterranean sandy beaches. The innovations are related to fieldwork methodologies, numerical applications and coastal risk assessment. Part of the work was done in the framework of the EU FP7 RISC-KIT project, that aimed at providing tools in support of coastal managers, in order to increase the resilience of coastal communities. The approaches were implemented at locations along the Emilia-Romagna (Italy) and Catalunya (Spain) coasts. The first part of this thesis focuses on fieldwork activities. Post-storm and seasonal surveys were implemented based on up-to-date low-cost drones and photogrammetric techniques for post-processing. The approach allowed to collect local-scale high-resolution data used to integrate regional post-storm assessments, including qualitative information collected involving the local community, and to detect significant changes of the beach due to the influence of coastal storms and winds. Numerical models were used to analyze the propagation of errors due to the use of ...
Innovative Approaches for the Evaluation of Coastal Risk on Sandy Mediterranean Beaches
DUO, Enrico (Autor:in) / Duo, Enrico / CIAVOLA, Paolo / ARMAROLI, CLARA
23.02.2018
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
710
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