Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity
Riccione is a town (near Rimini) on Romagna coast, with a small port and with the problem of coastal erosion that, reducing the width of the beaches, can create great problems for tourist activities and buildings in case of adverse weather events (so frequent today). Since the eighties of the 20th c...
Gespeichert in:
| Hauptverfasser: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Firenze University Press
2025
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_289 |
| Tags: |
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie das erste Tag hinzu!
|
| _version_ | 1869529868583043072 |
|---|---|
| author | Cleo, Daniela Santi, Renato |
| author_browse | Cleo, Daniela Santi, Renato |
| author_facet | Cleo, Daniela Santi, Renato |
| author_sort | Cleo, Daniela |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Riccione is a town (near Rimini) on Romagna coast, with a small port and with the problem of coastal erosion that, reducing the width of the beaches, can create great problems for tourist activities and buildings in case of adverse weather events (so frequent today). Since the eighties of the 20th century, underwater artificial barriers have been placed on the natural sandy seabed of this area, for coastal defense from waves and storms. Initially they were only “sandbags” - bags of synthetic material filled with sand - arranged parallel to the coast, about 200 meters from the shore, at a depth of about 2/3 meters. In the last ten years, other experiments were done, with positioning of other types of submerged structures (innovative barriers such as “Reef balls” and “W-MESH”) always parallel to the coastline and close to shore. Monitoring results have shown the positive impact of underwater artificial barriers on water quality and increase marine biodiversity (rocky and sandy seabed) in this marine area. Several species of rocky environment colonized these reefs, increasing natural environmental richness. The experimentation is still ongoing. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-163452 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publishDateRange | 2025 |
| publishDateSort | 2025 |
| publisher | Firenze University Press |
| publisherStr | Firenze University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1634522025-08-02T05:09:28Z Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity Cleo, Daniela Santi, Renato Monitoring of coastal ecosystems Biodiversity Underwater reefs Riccione is a town (near Rimini) on Romagna coast, with a small port and with the problem of coastal erosion that, reducing the width of the beaches, can create great problems for tourist activities and buildings in case of adverse weather events (so frequent today). Since the eighties of the 20th century, underwater artificial barriers have been placed on the natural sandy seabed of this area, for coastal defense from waves and storms. Initially they were only “sandbags” - bags of synthetic material filled with sand - arranged parallel to the coast, about 200 meters from the shore, at a depth of about 2/3 meters. In the last ten years, other experiments were done, with positioning of other types of submerged structures (innovative barriers such as “Reef balls” and “W-MESH”) always parallel to the coastline and close to shore. Monitoring results have shown the positive impact of underwater artificial barriers on water quality and increase marine biodiversity (rocky and sandy seabed) in this marine area. Several species of rocky environment colonized these reefs, increasing natural environmental richness. The experimentation is still ongoing. 2025-08-02T05:09:27Z 2025-08-02T05:09:27Z 2025-08-01T15:58:37Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_289 2975-0288 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104839 9791221505566 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163452 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104839/1/43704.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.59 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.59 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505566 12 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Monitoring of coastal ecosystems Biodiversity Underwater reefs Cleo, Daniela Santi, Renato Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title | Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title_full | Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title_fullStr | Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title_short | Chapter Riccione’s study case: experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| title_sort | chapter riccione s study case experimentation of innovative artificial reef for coastal defense and increase marine biodiversity |
| topic | Monitoring of coastal ecosystems Biodiversity Underwater reefs |
| topic_facet | Monitoring of coastal ecosystems Biodiversity Underwater reefs |
| url | ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_289 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT cleodaniela chapterriccionesstudycaseexperimentationofinnovativeartificialreefforcoastaldefenseandincreasemarinebiodiversity AT santirenato chapterriccionesstudycaseexperimentationofinnovativeartificialreefforcoastaldefenseandincreasemarinebiodiversity |