Calabria is a region of southern Italy characterized by several natural and heritage sites located on seaboard areas, within distance 300 m from the coast. In fact, 58 Natura 2000 63 cultural (42.9% which overlap with ones) fall borders region. Within this context, study has analyzed connection between goods in region, considering both human impact risk conditions. The results evidenced that 50...

Coastal marine environment is a complex system and its management requires adequate information. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are considered pilot sites useful to define innovative tools for the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). Their management requires however acquaintance with the relationships between the protected site and the status of the coastal neighbouring areas in order to ...

Bangladesh has a unique coastal system with both proximity of climatic vulnerability and opportunity, having rich resources. The upkeep people's livelihoods in the zone largely depends on degree to which key stakeholders at all levels decision-making can participate climate adaptation planning implementation processes. These facts are well recognized Bangladesh's Integrated Coastal Zone Managem...

Resilience of coastal communities is increasingly required to adjust the effects climate change and its coast-related threats. Climate a major global threat environment, economy, health urban lowlands. Flooding risks from both rising sea levels increases in frequency severity storm surges are considered be amongst most threatening consequences associated with change. The aim this study was asse...

Research on sustainable management of the coastal zone is motivated by the fierce competition for natural resources between different categories of users along the coast. Knowledge-based management will be able to base its decision-making on information representing the complex nature of the coast. The research carried out in the research programme Sustainable Coastal Zone Management (SUCOZOMA)...