1. Flooding scenario for four Italian coastal plains using three relative sea level rise models
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Marco Anzidei, Enrico Serpelloni, Alessandro Amorosi, Gianmaria Sannino, Fabrizio Antonioli, Giovanni De Falco, Giorgio Fontolan, Paolo E. Orrù, Alessandro Fontana, Valeria Lo Presti, Stefania Nunzia Lisco, Giuseppe Mastronuzzi, Giacomo Deiana, Antonella Marsico, Antonio Vecchio, Massimo Moretti, Marsico, Antonella, Lisco, Stefania, Lo Presti, Valeria, Antonioli, Fabrizio, Amorosi, Alessandro, Anzidei, Marco, Deiana, Giacomo, De Falco, Giovanni, Fontana, Alessandro, Fontolan, Giorgio, Moretti, Massimo, Orrú, Paolo E., Serpelloni, Enrico, Sannino, Gianmaria, Vecchio, Antonio, Mastronuzzi, Giuseppe, Marsico A., Lisco S., Lo Presti V., Antonioli F., Amorosi A., Anzidei M., Deiana G., De Falco G., Fontana A., Fontolan G., Moretti M., Orru P.E., Serpelloni E., Sannino G., Vecchio A., Mastronuzzi G., Sannino, G., Antonioli, F., and Lo Presti, V.
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Coastal plain ,Geography, Planning and Development ,IPCC and Rahmstorf projections ,flooding map ,Relative sea level rise, Italian coastal plains, IPCC and Rahmstorf projections, flooding maps, 2100 scenarios ,Climate change ,flooding maps ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,Relative sea level rise ,Italian coastal plains ,2100 scenarios ,01 natural sciences ,Mediterranean sea ,IPCC and Rahmstorf projection ,lcsh:G3180-9980 ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,lcsh:Maps ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Flooding (psychology) ,Italian coastal plain ,Ipcc and rahmstorf projection ,Ipcc and rahmstorf projections ,Flooding maps ,Flooding map ,Oceanography ,Sea level rise ,2100 scenario ,Environmental science ,sense organs - Abstract
The coastal areas of the central Mediterranean Sea are sensitive to climate change and the consequent relative sea level rise. Both phenomena may affect densely urbanized and populated areas, causing severe damages. Our maps show the land-marine flooding projections as effects of the expected relative sea level rise for four Italian coastal plains using (i) IPCC AR5 estimations, based on the IPCC RCP 8.5 emission scenarios and (ii) the Rahmstorf 2007 model. Isostatic and tectonic data were added to the global projections to estimate the relative sea changes expected along the coastline by 2100, as well as sea-flooding. The northern Adriatic map shows the study area, extending for about 5500 km2, and is presented at a scale of 1:300,000 with two inset maps at a scale of 1:150,000. The Oristano coastal plain is about 125 km2; the map scale is at 1:60,000 with an inset map scale at 1:33,000. The Cagliari coastal study area extends for 61 km2; the map scale is at 1:60,000 with two inset maps at 1:30,000. The Taranto area extends for 4.2 km2 and is represented at a scale map of 1:30,000, while the three inset maps are at a scale of 1:10,000. © 2017 The Author(s).
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- 2017