A literature review of climate-related coastal risks in the Mediterranean, a climate change hotspot

N Sarkar, A Rizzo, V Vandelli, M Soldati - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Direct and indirect impacts of climate change are alarming in the coastal areas of the world,
including the Mediterranean coasts. Extreme events (such as marine storms, medicanes …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamic modelling in marginal and coastal seas—The case of the Adriatic Sea as a permanent laboratory for numerical approach

G Umgiesser, C Ferrarin, M Bajo, D Bellafiore, A Cucco… - Ocean Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the water circulation in oceans and coastal seas is among the key topics of
oceanographic and climate research. Hydrodynamic studies form the basis for many …

Development of a Multi-Dimensional Coastal Vulnerability Index: Assessing vulnerability to inundation scenarios in the Italian coast

E Furlan, P Dalla Pozza, M Michetti, S Torresan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding how natural and human-induced drivers will contribute to rising vulnerability
and risks in coastal areas requires a broader use of future projections capturing the spatio …

Relative sea-level rise and potential submersion risk for 2100 on 16 coastal plains of the Mediterranean sea

F Antonioli, G De Falco, V Lo Presti, L Moretti… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coasts of the Mediterranean Sea are dynamic habitats in which human activities have
been conducted for centuries and which feature micro-tidal environments with about 0.40 m …

Relative sea-level rise scenario for 2100 along the coast of south eastern sicily (Italy) by InSAR data, satellite images and high-resolution topography

M Anzidei, G Scicchitano, G Scardino, C Bignami… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The global sea-level rise (SLR) projections for the next few decades are the basis for
developing flooding maps that depict the expected hazard scenarios. However, the spatially …

Comparing impact effects of common storms and Medicanes along the coast of south-eastern Sicily

G Scicchitano, G Scardino, C Monaco, A Piscitelli… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
The coastal vulnerability along the Mediterranean coasts is increasing, especially in
response to the occurrence of tropical-like cyclones, known as Medicanes, which have …

Potential sea level rise inundation in the Mediterranean: From susceptibility assessment to risk scenarios for policy action

A Rizzo, V Vandelli, C Gauci, G Buhagiar, AS Micallef… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coastal ecosystems and anthropic activities are prone to be affected by the negative impact
of marine-related processes induced by climate change, such as erosion, flooding and …

Sea-level rise and shoreline changes along an open sandy coast: Case study of gulf of taranto, Italy

G Scardino, F Sabatier, G Scicchitano, A Piscitelli… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The dynamics of the sandy coast between Castellaneta and Taranto (Southern Italy) has
been influenced by many natural and anthropogenic factors, resulting in significant changes …

Assessing hazards induced vulnerability in coastal districts of India using site-specific indicators: an integrated approach

S Rehman, M Sahana, P Kumar, R Ahmed, H Sajjad - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
Coastal districts of India being diverse in nature are under constant vulnerability to hazards.
The article analyzes vulnerability as a function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptation …

[HTML][HTML] Coastal sea level monitoring in the Mediterranean and Black seas

B Pérez Gómez, I Vilibić, J Šepić, I Međugorac… - Ocean …, 2022 - os.copernicus.org
Employed for over a century, the traditional way of monitoring sea level variability by tide
gauges–in combination with modern observational techniques like satellite altimetry–is an …