RT journal article
T1 Beach Scenic Quality versus Beach Concessions: Case Studies from Southern Italy
A1 Mooser, Alexis
A1 Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio
A1 Pranzini, Enzo
A1 Rizzo, Angela
A1 Aucelli, Pietro P. C.
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 CSES
K1 beach management
K1 litter
K1 concessions
K1 protected areas
K1 national parks
K1 3S tourism
K1 Campania
K1 Basilicata
K1 Calabria
K1 Apulia
AB This paper essentially aims to identify coastal sites of great scenic value not (or barely)affected by human intrusions and propose sound management interventions to improve their landscapequality. Today, management of coastal areas in Italy is a very complex task essentially becauseof institutional fragmentation and overlapping of laws/regulations at the national, regional andmunicipal levels. It is estimated that only half of the country’s beaches are freely accessible and usablefor bathing, i.e., 43% are occupied by private concessions and in 7.2% bathing is not allowed becauseof water pollution. Sites’ scenic quality was assessed using the Coastal Scenic Evaluation System(CSES), a robust semi-quantitative methodology based on a set of 26 physical/human parameters,weighting matrices parameters and fuzzy logic mathematics. An evaluation index (D) was afterwardobtained for each site and used to classify them into five scenic classes. After a long process of fieldtesting along the coasts of the Tyrrhenian, Ionic and Adriatic seas (25 municipalities, 7 provincesand 4 regions: Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and Apulia), a total of 36 sites were selected for thispaper. Twenty-four sites fall within Class I, i.e., were extremely attractive (D   0.85; CSES) becauseof their exceptional geomorphological settings that favour a wide variety of coastal sceneries. Mostof Class II (8) and Class III (4) sites could be upgraded by implementing clean-up operations or byreducing intrusive beach facilities. Meanwhile “private” beaches are usually cleaned; beach litter atremote/public sites represents a big concern to be challenged. Today, finding a free/aesthetic/cleanbeach without human intrusions in a fully natural environment is far more complex than it seems.Given this context, emphasis was particularly placed on beach litter and concessions aspects.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-445X
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32039
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32039
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026