RT journal article
T1 Coastal vulnerability in the Mediterranean sector between Fnideq and M’diq (North of Morocco)
A1 Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio
A1 Martinez, JA
A1 Nachite, D
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 GIS
K1 satellite image
K1 beach erosion
K1 port
K1 vulnerability
K1 Morocco
AB This study assessed coastal vulnerability to erosion processes along a 24-km-long littoral with different levels of human occupation. An aerial photogram-metric flight and a Quickbird satellite image were used for mapping land usesand reconstructing coastal evolution from 1986 to 2003. Maximum erosion (-2.48 myr−1) was recorded south of Marina Kabila port and maximum accretion(+2.25 myr−1) south of Marina Smir port. Erosion/accretion rates have beendivided into five categories and land uses have been mapped and divided intothree categories. Coastal vulnerability has been assessed by combining coastaltrend with land-use categories: 10% of the littoral recorded “very high” vulner-ability, 29% recorded “high” vulnerability, and 61% of the investigated littoralpresented “null” and “low” vulnerability. The “Imminent Collapse Zone”, i.e.the littoral zone threatened by imminent erosion, presented mean values of 10.34m, with maximum and minimum values of 15.3 and 7.6 m, respectively. Severalhuman structures and activities are located within the imminent collapse zoneand consequently will be threatened by severe erosion in near future.
YR 2010
FD 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15910
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15910
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026