Geo-Environmental Risk Map of the coasts of Sardinia (+ 1:300.000 scale map)

Here the geo-environmental features, the extent and dynamics of the transformation of Sardinia's coastal landscape (Italy), the anthropic pressures and the risks to which the island is exposed as the result of natural processes or human activities are illustrated. The map presented here examines for the first time the various environmental risks to which the Sardinian coasts are exposed. Marine meteorological data have also been taken into account, in particular the annual mean of longitudinal energy flow. The aim of the research is to gather information for the integrated management and systematic monitoring of coastal areas. Particular attention has been focused on those areas already made fragile by past transformations and hence all the more vulnerable to modifications either as the result of natural (coastal, erosion, geological hazards, etc.) or human induced processes (pollution, urbanisation, alterations to drainage patterns) or both. To achieve this objective a Coastal Information System is to be developed, which will enable to show the potential for creating job opportunities and generating income in relation to the real capacity of the different coastal ecosystems and to the geo-environmental hazards to which the different areas are exposed.