An integrated approach to assess the erosion risk for a 2 km long beach stretch that includes the archaeological area of Kaulonia, a Magna Graecia colony located on the Ionian Calabrian coast (southern Italy), is presented. Geologic-geomorphologic investigations, concerning beach characteristics, shoreline evolution and beach dynamics along with a wave climate analysis and a Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) were carried out. Obtained CVA indexes assume maximum values along the beach in front of the archaeological area of Kaulonia. This beach has registered also significant short-term shoreline changes and shows an elevated sensibility to storm attack as highlighted by the catastrophic effects of a storm surge occurred in February 2014. Obtained results highlight the avail of the used integrated approach, and the need to account also for shoreline dynamics and short-term changes in order to outline a more definitive solution for shoreline stabilization and salvation of the archaeological site
EROSION RISK ASSESSMENT FOR A COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: THE CASE OF KAULONIA (SOUTHERN ITALY)
G. DI PAOLA
;G. BENASSAI;
2015-01-01
Abstract
An integrated approach to assess the erosion risk for a 2 km long beach stretch that includes the archaeological area of Kaulonia, a Magna Graecia colony located on the Ionian Calabrian coast (southern Italy), is presented. Geologic-geomorphologic investigations, concerning beach characteristics, shoreline evolution and beach dynamics along with a wave climate analysis and a Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) were carried out. Obtained CVA indexes assume maximum values along the beach in front of the archaeological area of Kaulonia. This beach has registered also significant short-term shoreline changes and shows an elevated sensibility to storm attack as highlighted by the catastrophic effects of a storm surge occurred in February 2014. Obtained results highlight the avail of the used integrated approach, and the need to account also for shoreline dynamics and short-term changes in order to outline a more definitive solution for shoreline stabilization and salvation of the archaeological siteI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
