Improvement of a coastal vulnerability index and its application along the Calabria Coastline, Italy

Abstract The present paper further develops a coastal vulnerability index formulation (CVI) previously proposed by the authors by integrating a new variable and redefining three variables to improve the suitability of the index for low-lying coasts. Eleven variables are divided into three typologica...

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Main Authors: Daniela Pantusa, Felice D’Alessandro, Ferdinando Frega, Antonio Francone, Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26374-w