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Table 1. Continued
EVENT BEGINNING END NOTES AND REFERENCES
Planting coastal pine forests 1933 Planted by Senator Luigi Rava along the current
coastline in order to protect inlands from sea flooding
and marine aerosol
Anthropogenic subsidence 1950 1970-1980 By gas winning and deep groundwater exploitation
during the industrial development of Ravenna
From 1985 the subsidence decreased and today is 3-4
mm/year (higher along coast up to 0.8-1.6 cm/year).
(Teatini et al., 2006; ARPA, 2003; Preti, 2000;
Gambolati and Teatini, 1998)
Dune destruction 1954 Still going on Started with the development of tourism.
Construction of dikes around
Comacchio lagoon
1960 This is part of the land reclamation and separates the
saltwater lagoons of Comacchio from the agricultural
lands - before all swamps.
River mouth construction of Lamone 1960s A river mouth was already constructed in 1800, later
closed.
During the 1980s-1990s other interventions created the
current situation
Construction of piers at Porto Corsini 1968
Beach Erosion 1970-1980 Still continuing
Declared RAMSAR site Punte Alberete
and Valle Mandriole
1976 Residue of the former wetlands presented before the land
reclamation (in 1960s)
Beach nourishment 1980
Every 4-5 years
From 1980-1990 onwards
– most recently 2007
Breaking up of peninsula that formed
the end of the Reno river mouth
1981 This event changed the whole coastal morphology
moving the river mouth 2 km to the south (Idroser, 1996)
Creation of fresh-brackish water bodies
inside the Piallassa Baiona lagoon
1990s
Constructed to create a buffer zone between the lagoon
and the pine forests (San Vitale)