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Heritage Resilience and Identity: Lesson from Trabocchi Coast about Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

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  • Luisa Irazú López Campos

    (CONAHCYT—Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías, Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, 03940 Mexico City, Mexico)

  • Fernanda Prestileo

    (CNR-ISAC—National Research Council–Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy)

  • Eleonora Maria Stella

    (CNR-ISPC—National Research Council–Institute of Heritage Science, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00010 Montelibretti, Italy)

  • Alessandra Mascitelli

    (CNR-ISPC—National Research Council–Institute of Heritage Science, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00010 Montelibretti, Italy
    Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry (DTM&O), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Eleonora Aruffo

    (Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry (DTM&O), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Piero Chiacchiaretta

    (Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry (DTM&O), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Piero Di Carlo

    (Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry (DTM&O), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy)

  • Stefano Dietrich

    (CNR-ISAC—National Research Council–Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Climate change and land use are major drivers of environmental and socioeconomic transformations in landscapes and in coastal areas. The objective of this study was to present an interdisciplinary and participatory research methodology for analysing the evolutionary process of a coastal case study, the Trabocchi Coast in the Abruzzo Region (Italy), from multiple perspectives, including climate change, technological history, conservation protocols, and social function. The goal was to assess the resilience of these coastal structures, i.e., their ability to cope and adapt to changes while maintaining their identity and recognition. The adopted approach combined qualitative and quantitative data from the meteorological analyses, literature review, and field investigations involving a participatory workshop, from which a significant portion of the analysed results presented here emerged. The results indicate that the Trabocchi Coast has undergone significant changes in recent decades, posing a serious threat to cultural heritage due to climate change (sea-level rise, coastal erosion, storms, flooding and salinisation), changes in use and mass tourism. However, these changes have also presented challenges and opportunities for coastal development, stimulating diverse resilient responses from local communities, ranging from resistance to innovation. The paper discusses the factors that may make the Trabocchi Coast a model of resilience considering these changes. This is supported by the role of local institutions as guarantors of the cultural heritage value of the trabocchi in that specific landscape context, as evidenced by the approval of the “Costa dei Trabocchi Special Territorial Project” by the Abruzzo Region in 2023.

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  • Luisa Irazú López Campos & Fernanda Prestileo & Eleonora Maria Stella & Alessandra Mascitelli & Eleonora Aruffo & Piero Chiacchiaretta & Piero Di Carlo & Stefano Dietrich, 2024. "Heritage Resilience and Identity: Lesson from Trabocchi Coast about Climate Change Adaptation Strategies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-22, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:14:p:5848-:d:1431666
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    1. Sara Fiorentino & Mariangela Vandini, 2024. "Resilience and Sustainable Territorial Development: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage at Risk for Promoting Awareness and Cohesiveness Among Next-Generation Society," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-15, December.

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