Shoreline changes near river mouth: case study of Sant’Agata River (Reggio Calabria, Italy)

Foti, Giandomenico; Barbaro, Giuseppe; Bombino, Giuseppe; Fiamma, Vincenzo; Puntorieri, Pierfabrizio; Minniti, Francesca; Pezzimenti, C.

doi:10.1080/22797254.2019.1686955

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“…For these reasons, river sediment transport is mainly related to Soil Erosion by Water (WSE) [73]. The study area and, in general, most of the Calabrian rivers are particularly prone to WSE [74] which also influence shoreline evolution [75,76].…”

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Beach and Dune Erosion: Causes and Interventions, Case Study: Kaulon Archaeological Site

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Foti

Barillà

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The dune systems are very important from an environmental, landscape, and coastal defense point of view within coastal areas. Currently, dune systems are significantly reduced compared to a few decades ago and, in Europe alone, dune systems have decreased by 70%. During the same period, intense beach erosion processes have often been observed, and, currently, 30% of the world’s coasts are eroding. These processes have various causes, both natural and anthropogenic, and the knowledge of the causes of the erosive processes are very important for an effective planning and management of coastal areas and to correctly plan any interventions on dunes and beaches. The paper, through a case study, analyzes the beach and dune erosive processes, their causes, and the possible interventions. The case study concerns the archaeological site of Kaulon, located on a dune in the Ionian coast of Calabria (Italy). The beach near the site was affected by erosive processes and during the winter of 2013–2014, the site was damaged by two sea storms. To identify the causes of these processes, three erosive factors were analyzed. These factors are anthropogenic pressure, wave climate and sea storms, and river transport. The effects produced by these factors were assessed in terms of shoreline changes and of damage to the beach–dune system, also evaluating the effectiveness of the defense interventions. The main causes of the erosive processes were identified through the cross analysis of erosive factors and their effects. This analysis highlighted that in the second half of the last century the erosive processes are mainly correlated to anthropogenic pressure while, recently, natural factors prevail, especially sea storms. Regarding the interventions, the effects produced by two interventions carried out during the winter of 2013–2014, one built in urgency between the first and second sea storm and the other built a few years after the second sea storm were analyzed. This analysis highlighted that the latter intervention was more effective in defending the site.

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Beach and Dune Erosion: Causes and Interventions, Case Study: Kaulon Archaeological Site

Barbaro

Foti

Barillà

et al. 2021

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“…Numerous man-made and natural variables that change the flow of rivers and coasts contribute to these processes (Zhai et al, 2020). Rivers in the same physiographic unit also affect the equilibrium of coastal areas (Foti et al, 2019). While waves, climate (Kroon et al, 2020), rainfall events (Zellou and Rahali, 2019), and coastal sedimentary balance (Besset, Anthony, and Bouchette, 2019), are primary natural elements affecting coastal erosion, which are in turn influenced by longshore and river transport, construction of hydraulic structures such as dams and weirs (Zema et al, 2014), removal of river silt, destruction of dune systems, and development of ports and coastal defenses act as primary anthropogenic contributors (Valsamidis and Reeve, 2017).…”

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Time-Series Forecasting of Topographical Changes on Byunsan Beach in South Korea

Lee,

Yun

2024

Journal of Coastal Research

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“…For example, Chen (1998) used sequential SPOT imagery and tidal measurements to detect shoreline changes on the western coast of Taiwan. Since Chen (1998), others have used satellite imagery to detect shoreline changes of Port Said, Egypt (Elkoushy and Tolba, 2003); Tanzania (Makota et al, 2004); eastern (Maiti and Bhattacharya, 2009;Chand and Acharya, 2010;Pritam and Prasenjit, 2010;Mukhopadhyay et al, 2012), southern (Kumaravel et al, 2013;Mujabar and Chandrasekar, 2013), and western India (Deepika et al, 2014); Bangladesh (Sarwar and Woodroffe, 2013); the Persian Gulf (Niya et al, 2013); Vietnam (Tran Thi et al, 2014); Indonesia (Yulianto et al, 2019); the Gulf of Oman (Ghaderi and Rahbani, 2020); Reggio Calabria, Italy (Barbaro et al, 2017;Foti et al, 2019;Barillà et al, 2020); and the Arctic (Zagorski et al, 2020).…”

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Technical and Social Approaches to Study Shoreline Change of Kuakata, Bangladesh

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In recent years, shoreline determination has become an issue of increasing importance and concern, especially at the local level, as sea level continues to rise. This study identifies the rates of absolute and net erosion, accretion, and shoreline stabilization along the coast of Kuakata, a vulnerable coastal region in south-central Bangladesh. Shoreline change was detected by applying remote sensing and geographic information system (RS-GIS)-based techniques by using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) satellite images at 30-m resolution from 1989, 2003, 2010, and 2020. The band combination (BC) method was used to extract the shoreline (i.e., land-water boundary) due to its improved accuracy over other methods for matching with the existing shoreline position. This study also used participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools which revealed the societal impacts caused by the shoreline changes. Coupling RS-GIS and PRA techniques provides an enhanced understanding of shoreline change and its impacts because PRA enriches the RS-GIS outcomes by contextualizing the findings. Results show that from 1989 to 2020, a total of 13.59 km2 of coastal land was eroded, and 3.27 km2 of land was accreted, suggesting that land is retreating at about 0.32 km2 yr–1. Results from the PRA tools support this finding and demonstrate that fisheries and tourism are affected by the shoreline change. These results are important in Kuakata, a major tourist spot in Bangladesh, because of the impacts on fisheries, recreation, resource extraction, land use planning, and coastal risk management.

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Shoreline changes near river mouth: case study of Sant’Agata River (Reggio Calabria, Italy)

Cited by 29 publications

References 33 publications

Beach and Dune Erosion: Causes and Interventions, Case Study: Kaulon Archaeological Site

Beach and Dune Erosion: Causes and Interventions, Case Study: Kaulon Archaeological Site

Time-Series Forecasting of Topographical Changes on Byunsan Beach in South Korea

Technical and Social Approaches to Study Shoreline Change of Kuakata, Bangladesh

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