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Integrated coastal zone management in Italy: a gap between science and policy

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This paper introduces the need, in Italian countries, of a real integration of scientific knowledge into coastal policy. Actually, in Italy, still exists a gap between Science and Policy, interfering the implementation of an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) process, while there is no coordination between local, regional and national authorities. This lack of an overall strategy has induced some regions to adopt regional plans for the sustainable development of their coastal areas, to compensate the shortcomings of a national planning. Besides, along Italian coasts, there is a heavy landscape urbanization producing conditions of environmental decay and highlighting the risk of erosions in littoral areas. In this critical context, it is necessary to adopt an effective Integrated Coastal Zone Management policy, to connect ecosystem and environmental approaches with the social and economic development of coastal areas. So, in Italian landscape, it is necessary to integrate the national cultural heritage into coastal management, joining scientific and cultural issues. In this framework, ICZM process could play an important role connecting scientists and policy makers towards an effective integration for the social and economic growth of local people.

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  1. National Research Council, Rende Research Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean, Via Cavour 4/6, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy

    Nicola Cantasano & Gaetano Pellicone

  2. Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 15/B, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy

    Fabio Ietto

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•There is an Italian gap between Science and Policy.

•There is a rich cultural heritage in Italian coastal areas.

•In ICZM process, scientists and policy makers must work hand in hand.

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Cantasano, N., Pellicone, G. & Ietto, F. Integrated coastal zone management in Italy: a gap between science and policy. J Coast Conserv 21, 317–325 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-016-0479-z

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