The environmental function analysis: a promising tool to evaluate the coastal zone conservation potential Laura Giordano CNR - ISMAR, The Institute of Marine Sciences, Italy Francesco Paolo Buonocunto CNR - ISMAR, The Institute of Marine Sciences, Italy Luciana Ferraro CNR - ISMAR, The Institute of Marine Sciences, Italy Alfonsa Milia CNR - ISMAR, The Institute of Marine Sciences, Italy Matilda Mali CNR - ISPC, The Institute of Heritage Science, Italy This is a section of Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1) by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci Firenze University Press Firenze 2022 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.21

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This study reports and compares the application and usefulness of the Environmental Function Analysis to discover the potential for conservation of two very different coastal areas located along the Campania Region (Southern Italy). The first EFA site is located in the Volturno River Coastal Zone (southern Tyrrhenian sea) while the second EFA study site is located at the western end of the Sorrento Peninsula in the Bay of Naples. Results demonstrated that EFA permits to effectively synthetize the information on coastal system functioning and on their potential for conservation or development.

 Environmental Function Analysis Conservation Costal zone Sustainable Development Tyrrhenian Sea

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