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Coastline Evolution of the Upper Adriatic Sea due to Sea Level Rise and Natural and Anthropogenic Land Subsidence

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Giuseppe Gambolati

    1. Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Applications (DMMMSA), University of Padova, Italy

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Part of the book series: Water Science and Technology Library (WSTL, volume 28)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Coastal Evolution of the Upper Adriatic Sea due to Sea Level Rise and Natural and Anthropic Land Subsidence

    • G. Gambolati, G. Giunta, M. Putti, P. Teatini, L. Tomasi, I. Betti et al.
    Pages 1-34

  3. Prediction of Mean Sea Level Rise in the Upper Adriatic Sea

    • I. Betti, M. Morelli
    Pages 35-55

  4. Collection and analysis of historical data on shoreline evolution at the sites of Ravenna, Cesenatico and Rimini

    • M. Morelli
    Pages 57-75

  5. Numerical Modeling of Natural Land Subsidence over Sedimentary Basins Undergoing Large Compaction

    • G. Gambolati, G. Giunta, P. Teatini
    Pages 77-102

  6. Numerical Analysis of Land Subsidence due to Natural Compaction of the Upper Adriatic Sea Basin

    • G. Gambolati, P. Teatini
    Pages 103-131

  7. Simulation of Land Subsidence Due to Gas Production at Ravenna Coastline

    • P. Teatini, G. Gambolati, L. Tomasi, M. Putti
    Pages 133-150

  8. Prediction of Land Subsidence Due to Groundwater Withdrawal along the Emilia-Romagna Coast

    • M. Gonella, G. Gambolati, G. Giunta, M. Putti, P. Teatini
    Pages 151-168

  9. Wave refraction in the Upper Adriatic Sea

    • C. Decouttere, K. De Backer, J. Monbaliu, J. Berlamont
    Pages 169-183

  10. Storm Wave Simulation in the Adriatic Sea

    • C. Decouttere, K. De Backer, J. Monbaliu, J. Berlamont
    Pages 185-205

  11. Storm Surge Simulations in the Adriatic Sea

    • C. S. Yu, C. Decouttere, J. Berlamont
    Pages 207-232

  12. Coastal Morphodynamics in Subsiding Areas

    • B. Elfrink, E. D. Christensen, I. Brøker
    Pages 233-262

  13. Local Morphological Evolution of the Coast in the Upper Adriatic Sea. Design and Management Strategies to Control Coastal Erosion

    • B. Elfrink, E. D. Christensen, I. Brøker, M. Gonella, M. Morelli
    Pages 263-289

  14. Geographic Information System (GIS) and Data Management and Retrieval System (DMRS) in the CENAS Project

    • A. Dante, M. Gonella, P. Teatini, L. Tomasi
    Pages 291-312

  15. Flood Risk Analysis in the Upper Adriatic Sea due to Storm Surge, Tide, Waves, and Natural and Anthropic Land Subsidence

    • M. Gonella, P. Teatini, L. Tomasi, G. Gambolati
    Pages 313-324

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 325-346
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The Upper Adriatic Sea basin comprises a very precarious coastal environment subject to continuous changes which prove appreciable not only over the geological scale but also in historical and modern times. According to some Authors the Venice Lagoon was formed 2000-3000 years ago, and other lagoons (e. g. the Grado Lagoon in the northernmost part of the Adriatic) are even more recent. In addition to lagoons, the Upper Adriatic coastal area includes salt and fresh-water marshes and reclaimed land separated by several watercourses originating from the Alpine and Apennine ranges with a ground elevation not exceeding in many places 2 m above the mean sea l. evel (msl). A significant fraction of this lowland is already now below msl because of natural and anthropogenic land subsidence, land reclamation and sea level rise occurred over the last century. Natural land subsidence is still under way as a result of deep downward tec­ tonic movement and consolidation of soils deposited in the most recent time. An­ thropogenic subsidence is primarily due to groundwater pumping for agricultural, industrial, civil, and tourist use, and to gas withdrawal from a large number of gas fields scattered through the Upper Adriatic basin, and may still continue, al­ though at a reduced rate, in the years to come. At the same time msl is expected to rise in the next century due to global climate change, mainly because of the greenhouse effect.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Applications (DMMMSA), University of Padova, Italy

    Giuseppe Gambolati

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